Microsoft LinkedIn to start using user data in AI training form 3.11.2025 – Thurrott.com

I just received a warning from the Lower Saxony Data Protection Registrar, Microsoft LinkedIn will start training their AI on LinkedIn Data from the 3rd November, if you don’t opt-out. The setting in LinkedIn can be found here: LinkedIn LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career. English version through Google Translate: LinkedIn Launches AI Training with User Data – We Provide Information on Opting Out The State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony | Press Release No. 18/2025 The online network LinkedIn, which helps maintain professional contacts, has announced that it intends to use its users’ data to train AI models starting November 3, 2025. Anyone who does not wish to do so should promptly object. This can be done with just a few clicks. Otherwise, profile data such as degrees, grades, employment status, stored resumes, photos, interests, or public posts will be released for AI training. LinkedIn is following a trend: Several social networks have already begun using data voluntarily provided by their users to train AI. Users often have to take active steps if they do not want their data to
Read More