LinkedIn is introducing a new reporting feature that allows users to flag AI-generated content through a button labelled "Seems like AI slop." The update comes shortly after a study found that nearly half of the platform's long-form posts are now generated by artificial intelligence rather than humans.
The new feature is aimed at helping LinkedIn curb the growing volume of low-quality AI-generated content flooding users' feeds.
The move is widely seen as an acknowledgement of a concern many users have raised in recent months—that a significant portion of content on the professional networking platform appears to have been written by AI. A recent study by Pangram found that around 41% of long-form posts on LinkedIn were AI-generated.
Announcing the feature in a LinkedIn post, the platform's Chief Product Officer, Hari Srinivasan, said, "AI slop is a top priority for all of us." He added that LinkedIn was expanding its tools to allow members to report posts or comments they believe are AI-generated.
The new reporting option not only enables users to flag suspected AI-generated content but could also help train LinkedIn's own AI systems to identify such posts more effectively.
LinkedIn joins other platforms tackling AI-generated content
LinkedIn is not the first platform to address the growing challenge of AI-generated material.
Substack recently introduced an AI-detection tool developed in partnership with Pangram to help readers determine whether newsletters were written by humans or AI.
Digg also struggled with the issue. The company eventually shut down its attempt to build a Reddit competitor after failing to prevent bots from overwhelming the platform.
Meanwhile, Cloudflare has reported that automated bot traffic has now surpassed human-generated traffic across the internet, highlighting the rapid rise of AI-driven activity online.
Additional measures to reduce AI spam
Apart from the new reporting button, LinkedIn said it is already blocking hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts every day.
The company also revealed that it has prevented millions of other automated activities over the past few months, underscoring the scale of bot-driven engagement on the platform.
In addition, LinkedIn is deploying new AI classifiers designed to detect low-quality AI-generated content before it reaches users' recommended feeds. The company hopes these measures will reduce the visibility of spam-like AI posts, particularly those originating from accounts outside a user's professional network.
