LinkedIn adds AI slop button after study finds nearly half of user posts are AI-generated

LinkedIn is introducing a new "Seems like AI slop" button that lets users report AI-generated posts. The move comes after a study found more than 40 per cent of long-form content posted on the platform is now AI-generated.LinkedIn is rolling out a new "Seems like AI slop" button.LinkedIn is getting an AI slop button so users can report AI-generated posts. The move comes days after a study found that nearly half of the long-form content being posted on LinkedIn today was written by AI—not humans. The button which is called “Seems like AI slop” should help LinkedIn cut down on AI slop.This move is seen as an acknowledgement of what millions of eyes have suspected for months, that is, a lot of what shows up in the feed of the platform was clearly typed by an AI. A study from Pangram recently highlighted that almost 41 per cent of long-form content on LinkedIn was AI-generated.LinkedIn's chief product officer, Hari Srinivasan, put it plainly in a LinkedIn post announcing the update: "AI slop is a top priority for all of us." He explained the thinking behind the new button too, writing, "We are ramping the ability for members to tell us if they believe a post or comment seems like AI slop." In other words, you might now see fewer "I was fired and it was actually the best thing that ever happened to me" posts. The new button gives users a way to call it out directly, and it may quietly teach LinkedIn's own AI to get better at spotting AI. Now it may be LinkedIn’s time to fight robots with robots.LinkedIn isn't the only one fighting this battleLinkedIn isn’t the first platform moving towards this direction. It just the latest platform to admit its house has a slop problem. Substack recently rolled out its own AI-detection tool built with a company called Pangram, presumably so readers can finally confirm whether their favourite newsletter writer actually has opinions or just excellent prompting skills. Then there's Digg, which tried to build a Reddit competitor and instead ended up shutting the whole thing down in March because it simply could not keep bots from overrunning the place. And in case you needed a reminder of just how upside-down the internet has gotten, Cloudflare says bot traffic has now officially overtaken human traffic on the web, a milestone that arrived faster than anyone expected.The Internet, a thing built for the people by the people, but now the robots have shown up and apparently taken over the Internet.What else is LinkedIn doing about itBeyond the button, LinkedIn says it's blocking hundreds of thousands of automated comments attempts every single day, and millions of other automation attempts in just the past couple of months, which paints a pretty vivid picture of just how many bots are out there trying to congratulate people on their "new journey" in the comments section. The company is also rolling out new classifiers to detect slop before it ever reaches your suggested feed, so the low-effort AI content from strangers outside your network should, in theory, show up less often.- EndsPublished On: Jul 31, 2026 13:17 IST