LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated 'slop'
LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a "seems like AI slop" reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool. LinkedIn is taking aim at the "AI slop" - low-quality, artificially generated content - filling its feed.
Key Takeaways
- On Thursday, the company announced that it's adding a new feature to let users click a "seems like AI slop" button when someone's post appears to have been written with AI.
The move reflects a broader shift across online publishing platforms to cut back on AI content, as people have grown frustrated with the computer-written, inauthentic posts filling the web.
- Internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare says the problem is just getting worse, as there is now more bot traffic on the web than human-generated requests - a milestone that was reached faster than it had previously predicted.
In a post on LinkedIn , the company's Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan admitted the Microsoft-owned social network is facing similar problems.
- The company is also investing in automation defenses, where it now blocks "hundreds of thousands" of automated comment attempts daily, and millions of other automation attempts in just the past couple of months.
Srinivasan said LinkedIn is also introducing new classifiers to identify if a post is AI slop or other low-quality content, which would reduce the amount of slop you'd see in suggested content recommendations from outside your network.
- Notably, the company is pulling its own "enhance your post" feature that had used AI to help you write.
It's replacing it with a feature that proofreads your words, instead of changing your voice.
- Prior to her work as a reporter, Sarah worked in I.T. across a number of industries, including banking, retail and software.
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- #Meanwhile, Pangram this week announced $9 million in new funding to tackle the problems of AI content flooding the internet.
On Thursday, the company announced that it's adding a new feature to let users click a "seems like AI slop" button when someone's post appears to have been written with AI. The move reflects a broader shift across online publishing platforms to cut back on AI content, as people have grown frustrated with the computer-written, inauthentic posts filling the web. Last week, for instance, newsletter platform Substack added a tool to help users identify when the content they're reading on its site was written by AI, through a partnership with Pangram.
Meanwhile, Pangram this week announced $9 million in new funding to tackle the problems of AI content flooding the internet. The problem is also impacting new startups, as Digg had to shut down its Reddit competitor in March, saying it couldn't get a handle on the number of bots flooding its site. Internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare says the problem is just getting worse, as there is now more bot traffic on the web than human-generated requests - a milestone that was reached faster than it had previously predicted.
In a post on LinkedIn , the company's Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan admitted the Microsoft-owned social network is facing similar problems. "AI slop is a top priority for all of us. People come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives, ideas, and expertise," he said.
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