Over 1 Million People Have Clicked LinkedIn's AI Slop Button

LinkedIn chief product officer Hari Srinivasan announced that over one million people have clicked the platform's new 'Seems like AI slop' button, which launched after an analysis found 41% of longform posts were fully AI-generated. Srinivasan reported that users now see 40% less AI slop in their feeds, and LinkedIn is adding a message to inform posters when members flag their content as AI-like.

According to a post from chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, "over a million people" have clicked on LinkedIn's new "Seems like AI slop" button, which launched after one analysis found 41% of the platform's longform posts were fully AI-generated. The Verge reports: In Thursday's post, Srinivasan said that users are overall "now experiencing 40% less views on what we classify as AI slop from just a few weeks ago." LinkedIn is also adding a new message that will tell users who make a post if "Some members told us this post seems like AI." "We approached this assuming good intent; I know I'm increasingly conscious on how to not sound like AI & the goal is to provide helpful feedback," Srinivasan said. Read more of this story https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/224221/over-1-million-people-have-clicked-linkedins-ai-slop-button?utm source=rss1.0moreanon&utm medium=feed at Slashdot.