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LinkedIn Doesn't Want Your AI Slop Anymore

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LinkedIn has long been on the frontlines of the AI slopidemic. Now, the company is taking new steps to reduce the reach of posts that bear the hallmarks of AI-generated drivel.

If you spend any time on LinkedIn, then you know this can't come soon enough. In a blog post, the company's VP of Product Laura Lorenzetti says the changes will target everything from outright engagement bait, to recycled "thought leadership" and other "generic" content that "lacks the authenticity and originality." The company is also taking aim at posts and comments that have obvious signs of AI construction like "it's not X, it's Y," phrasing.

LinkedIn isn't sharing a lot of detail about how it's defining or detecting AI slop, but says that its engineers collaborated with its in-house editorial team to identify "patterns in how members engage, recognizing what adds perspective, context, or expertise...

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