LinkedIn Quietly Kills Its Own AI Writing Tool as 1 Million Users Flag Others' Posts as AI Slop

LinkedIn has removed its AI writing tool 'enhance your post' and replaced it with a proofreader, while its new 'seems like AI slop' reporting button has been used over one million times in its first two weeks, according to chief product officer Hari Srinivasan. Content classified as AI slop now receives 40% fewer views, and authors are being privately alerted when readers flag their posts as AI-generated. The crackdown follows research from AI detection firm Pangram finding that about 41% of long-form posts on LinkedIn were fully AI-generated, the highest among major platforms studied.

LinkedIn Quietly Kills Its Own AI Writing Tool as 1 Million Users Flag Others' Posts as AI Slop Posters now get a private alert when readers judge their writing AI, as flagged reach drops 40% LinkedIn has killed its own AI writing tool at the same moment its new 'seems like AI slop' button passed one million flags, and the platform will now privately warn posters when readers think their words were machine-made. The reporting button, added to the three-dot menu on 30 July, was used more than one million times in its first two weeks, according to LinkedIn chief product officer Hari Srinivasan. He said content the company classifies as AI slop is now getting 40% fewer views than it did a few weeks earlier. The company has said a single report does not automatically bury a post, and that the wider drop comes from its updated detection systems. A Soft Public Shaming for Posters The part that changes how people should post today is the new notice. LinkedIn has started telling some authors, inside their post analytics dashboard, when other members have flagged their writing as seeming like AI. The message reads that some members told the platform the post 'seems like AI'. Srinivasan framed the alert as feedback rather than a penalty. The effect is closer to a soft, private call-out. Anyone who leans on automation to draft posts can now be told that readers noticed, even when the writing was only lightly edited. LinkedIn Scraps the Tool It Used To Sell The timing is the story. As it handed users a way to report machine-written posts, LinkedIn quietly removed its own 'enhance your post' feature, the AI writer it had promoted to help members polish drafts. It has been replaced by a proofreader that corrects grammar without changing a writer's voice. Two of the company's help pages for AI post writing were retitled 'no longer available' on the same day. The tool that once produced polished drafts is gone, while the button that reports that exact style of post is now everywhere. Why 41% Is the Number That Worries LinkedIn The crackdown follows research from AI detection firm Pangram, which found about 41% of long-form posts on LinkedIn were fully AI-generated, the worst rate among the major platforms it studied. Roughly 30% of shorter posts were flagged too. Pangram, which sells an AI detector, scanned more than one million posts across five networks, and Reddit came in far lower at about 4%. For a professional network that spent years pushing members to post more often, the finding points to a trust problem. Feeds packed with generic, templated writing give readers less reason to believe there is a real person behind the byline. What It Means for US Professionals For the millions of US job seekers, marketers, and executives who use AI to draft LinkedIn content, the practical warning is direct. A post that reads as automated can lose reach, and the author may now be told about it in their own analytics. LinkedIn says it is not banning AI help outright, and that many people use it to refine their thoughts. The clearer message is about polish without substance. Posts that look mass-produced can be throttled, so the safer move is to pull the AI rewrite step out of the workflow and keep the human voice in front. © Copyright IBTimes 2026. All rights reserved.