LinkedIn Added a New Way to Report AI Slop

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If you’re tired of reading obviously AI-generated LinkedIn posts about the magic of B2B sales, there’s hope: LinkedIn on Thursday released a new tool that allows you to report posts as “Seems like AI slop.”

AI slop is the term given to the deluge of posts, images and videos created with generative AI flooding social media like an oil spill. These posts tend to offer little value and clog up feeds. Every social media platform is struggling to hold back the tide of AI slop, and LinkedIn is certainly no exception.

A recent report from research firm Pangram found that one in four long-form social media posts was AI-generated. Of those AI posts, nearly two-thirds (62%) appeared on LinkedIn. On X (formerly Twitter), nearly half of all articles contained AI writing.

Now, you can report posts you’re suspicious of by tapping the three dots next to a post and...

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