LinkedIn adds ‘AI slop’ button after blocking billions of automated comment attempts

While the rest of the online world is increasingly being shaped by AI, LinkedIn is making it easier to flag any low-quality “AI slop” that has crept its way onto the platform. On Thursday, the professional networking platform added a “Seems like AI slop” button, which will appear when a user clicks on the options button on a post, and will help users flag posts they believe are low-quality or overreliant on AI. “Slop is hard to define and the definition changes; this lets us tune our models and make better feeds,” said LinkedIn chief product officer Hari Srinivasan in a post announcing the feature. The company is also removing its “enhance your post” tool, replacing it with a feature that proofreads posts without changing a user’s voice, while reinforcing profile and page verifications. In addition, LinkedIn has stepped up its bot detection.  Srinivasan said the company detects and blocks hundreds of thousands of automated slop comment attempts every day, and has prevented “billions of other automation attempts (posting at scale, slop) in the last couple months alone.” At the same time, he clarified that using AI isn’t always bad, noting that many people refine their thoughts with AI and
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