LinkedIn Has Added an “AI Junk” Button: How It Works – LIGA.net

LinkedIn Has Added an “AI Junk” Button: How It Works A social network for job seekers is testing new tools to combat low-quality AI-generated content Vira Kasiyan LIGA.net news editor Photo: Depositphotos The professional networking site LinkedIn has added a button that allows users to flag a post if it “looks like AI-generated spam.” According to reported 404 Media, an independent American technology publication. Following the journalists’ report, the company officially confirmed that it is testing new tools to combat low-quality AI-generated content. Recently, a new option called “seems like AI slop” (“looks like AI junk” or “looks like low-quality AI content”) has appeared in the menu for each post (the three dots). Clicking this option is not public—other users won’t know about it. The complaint is sent only to LinkedIn. Once a complaint is submitted, the post disappears from the user’s feed, and LinkedIn uses these signals to train its moderation systems. The platform has effectively acknowledged that the issue of AI-generated content has become a serious problem. According to LinkedIn Product Director Hari Srinivasan, combating AI-generated spam is one of the company’s top priorities. The impetus came from a study by Pangram, which showed that about 41% of long
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