Too Many AI Posts: How LinkedIn Plans to Combat 'AI Slop'

LinkedIn is introducing a new reporting feature that lets users flag posts they suspect were created with artificial intelligence. Hari Srinivasan, senior product manager at LinkedIn, announced the feature in his own post, describing it as one of several measures in the fight against 'AI slop' — poor-quality content generated by generative AI. The feature will be rolled out gradually, with availability in Germany not yet determined. LinkedIn is being flooded with AI-generated posts; according to a survey by Yougov and Macromedia University, 13 percent of adults in Germany are active on the platform, with a third using it daily. An analysis by the AI detector Pangram, which examined posts on LinkedIn, X, and Reddit, found that 41 percent of LinkedIn posts longer than 250 words were fully AI-generated — the highest proportion among all platforms studied. Even for shorter posts, LinkedIn leads with 30 percent AI-generated content. To combat this, LinkedIn will allow users to report suspicious posts via the post's ellipse menu. The new reporting function is designed to help existing systems better detect AI-generated text and show it less frequently. Additionally, LinkedIn's own AI features for drafting posts will intervene less, with Srinivasan referring to 'proofreading' rather than 'improving' to preserve the unique voice of the writer.