Too many AI posts on LinkedIn?:The platform wants users to help spot them with the help of the ‘AI slop’ button

If you’ve been scrolling through LinkedIn lately and felt that many posts sound almost identical, you’re not imagining it. Motivational stories, career advice, and long personal experiences are increasingly being written with the help of AI. Now, LinkedIn is taking a step to reduce such low-quality AI content by introducing a new reporting option called ‘Seems like AI slop.’ The update comes shortly after a new study revealed that a large share of long-form posts on LinkedIn are now AI-generated instead of being written by people. What is the new ‘AI Slop’ button?
LinkedIn is rolling out a new ‘Seems like AI slop’ button that allows users to report posts and comments they believe are heavily generated by artificial intelligence. The company hopes user reports will help identify repetitive, low-quality AI content and improve the quality of posts that appear in people’s feeds. The feature could also help LinkedIn’s own AI systems become better at identifying spam-like AI content. Study says over 40% of long-form LinkedIn posts are AI-generated The feature follows findings from a recent study by Pangram, which estimated that around 41% of long-form content on LinkedIn is now AI-generated. The report highlights how AI tools have become widely used for writing career updates, personal stories, thought leadership posts, and professional advice.
While AI can help people write faster, the growing number of nearly identical posts has raised concerns about authenticity on the platform. LinkedIn says AI slop is a major concern Announcing the feature, LinkedIn Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan acknowledged the growing issue. AI slop is a top priority for all of us. He also explained why the company is adding the new reporting option. We are ramping the ability for members to tell us if they believe a post or comment seems like AI slop. The new feature gives users a direct way to flag content they feel is low-quality or overly generated by AI. How LinkedIn is tackling AI spam The new reporting button is only one part of LinkedIn’s effort to reduce unwanted AI content. The company says it is already blocking hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts every day, along with millions of other automation attempts over the past few months. LinkedIn is also introducing new AI detection systems that can identify low-quality AI-generated posts before they appear in users’ recommended feeds. The aim is to reduce repetitive content from accounts outside a user’s network and make the feed more useful and authentic. Why this matters Artificial intelligence has made creating content faster than ever, but it has also made it harder to tell whether a post reflects someone’s real experience or was generated by a chatbot. With the new ‘Seems like AI slop’ button, LinkedIn is giving its community a way to help identify low-quality AI content while also strengthening its own systems to keep the platform focused on genuine professional conversations