LinkedIn reports over one million clicks on its AI-slop flagging button

LinkedIn launched a “Seems like AI slop” button in late July, allowing users to signal when a post seems to be created by artificial intelligence. Hari Srinivasan, the platform’s chief product officer, reported that the option has been clicked by more than one million members. This move follows a finding by the AI detector Pangram that 41% of long-form posts were flagged as fully AI-generated, a statistic previously highlighted by one outlet.

In addition to the button, LinkedIn introduced refined classifiers to spot AI content and discontinued a feature that would automatically enhance posts with AI. Srinivasan noted that posts now marked as AI slop are seeing roughly a 40% drop in viewership compared with a few weeks earlier. The company is also adding a notice that informs authors when members think their post looks like AI, emphasizing a focus on constructive feedback.