Users mash LinkedIn's AI slop button 1M+ times in 3 weeks

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Or: Shock as users of world's largest slop repository report lots of slop

More than 1 million LinkedIn users have clicked the newish “Seems like AI slop” button since the social network launched it at the end of July.

Hari Srinivasan, LinkedIn’s chief product officer, said that compared to the period before launching the AI slop reporting button, those who copy-paste AI-written posts are seeing around 40 percent fewer views.

“Despite the progress, we know we have more to do to ensure LinkedIn remains a place where you can find real people and real perspectives... this all remains very top of mind,” he said.

No single piece of feedback is used to adjust how widely a post travels, inside or outside a user’s network, he said, and distribution is determined by a range of signals.

Srinivasan added that users will also start seeing messages in their...

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