Overview
- LinkedIn began testing the “Seems like AI slop” report option on July 30, letting users flag posts they suspect were generated by AI and immediately hiding those posts from the reporter’s feed.
- When a member flags content, LinkedIn says the signal will feed new automated classifiers that aim to downrank low‑quality AI content in suggested posts and tune the platform’s feed algorithms.
- The company has removed its generative “enhance your post” tool and replaced it with a proofreading feature meant to correct grammar and clarity without rewriting a user’s voice.
- LinkedIn says it is already blocking very large volumes of automated activity, reporting hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts blocked each day and billions of automation attempts stopped in recent months, while independent research estimates roughly 41% of long posts and 30% of short posts may be AI‑generated.
- Journalists and users warn the report data could be reused to train models and that humans often misidentify AI text, creating risks of false flags and questions about how much human review the company will apply.