LinkedIn realizes its users have been bathing in AI slop, offers a shower
What's happening
LinkedIn is adding a new reporting option labeled "seems like AI slop" to let users flag low-quality AI-generated posts. The company is also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool, removing an AI rewrite capability, and saying more changes are coming to reduce AI-riddled or sloppy content. Some coverage warns the new report button could paradoxically be used to train better AI slop.
Why it's trending
Platforms are reacting to a surge of low-quality, AI-generated posts and user frustration with formulaic content.
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Flagging 'AI slop' won't stop AI garbage, it will teach models what to copy next, and LinkedIn might be handing the training data to the next wave of bland posts.
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- LinkedIn to add AI slop report feature that could train better AI slopMashable SEAJul 31
- LinkedIn realizes its users have been bathing in AI slop, offers a shower
AI-riddled social network adds button to report sloppy posts, ditches AI rewrite tools, and promises more to come
The RegisterJul 30 - LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button
A lot of content on LinkedIn might seem like AI slop, and now, you'll be able to report those posts. As part of a series of updates to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform, LinkedIn is introducing an actual button that lets you flag a post as something that "Seems like AI […]
The Verge AIJul 30 - LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated ‘slop’
LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a “seems like AI slop” reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool.
TechCrunch AIJul 30
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