LinkedIn Launches AI Slop Detection Features, Ditches Voice-Stealing Enhancement Tool
Key Takeaways
- ▸LinkedIn is adding a 'Seems like AI slop' button to allow users to report AI-generated posts and comments, which will feed into improved AI detection models
- ▸The 'enhance your post' feature that rewrote user content is being replaced with AI proofreading that preserves the user's original voice
- ▸81% of long-form LinkedIn posts analyzed in July 2026 were classified as AI-generated, up from 50%+ in 2024, indicating severe platform degradation
Summary
LinkedIn is taking action to address the proliferation of AI-generated content plaguing its platform. The company announced several new features including a "Seems like AI slop" button for users to flag AI-generated posts, and updated analytics dashboards that alert creators when their posts are flagged as potentially inauthentic. LinkedIn is also replacing its controversial "enhance your post" feature, which used AI to rewrite user content, with a new proofreading tool that preserves the user's original voice.
The moves come as a new report from Originality.ai found that 81% of long-form posts (100+ words) analyzed on LinkedIn this month were classified as AI-generated—a sharp increase from reports of 50%+ in 2024. LinkedIn's Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan acknowledged the severity of the problem, noting that the platform catches hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts daily and has blocked billions of automation attempts over recent months. The company is deploying improved AI classifiers to identify low-quality and AI-generated content at scale.
Srinivasan emphasized that "people come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives," signaling the platform's strategic pivot away from promoting AI-generated content. The new reporting feature will help LinkedIn train better detection models, though the company acknowledged that not all AI-assisted writing constitutes "slop"—some users legitimately use AI as a refinement tool while maintaining their authentic voice.
- LinkedIn blocks hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts daily and billions of automation attempts monthly
