One report button, used over a million times — that's LinkedIn's first report card on its own "AI slop" problem.
LinkedIn quietly rolled out a reporting tool called "seems like AI slop" a few weeks ago, letting users directly flag posts that look AI-generated. In an update, LinkedIn Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan said the button has already been used over a million times since launch, and that "members are now seeing 40% less content that we've identified as AI slop than they were a few weeks ago."
Srinivasan stopped short of overpromising. He wrote that the platform weighs "multiple signals" when determining a post's reach, and that "we've built in protections so that individual reports can't be used to unfairly target other members" — in other words, a single report won't make a post disappear outright. This is also the most complete public statement to date on how LinkedIn's algorithm works, though details remain relatively sparse. The platform has previously used algorithmic tweaks to suppress reach for posts featuring common AI phrasing patterns like "it's not X, it's Y."
The next move is more direct: LinkedIn is adding a new notification to its post analytics feature, letting posters know when their post has been flagged by other users as suspected AI slop. Screenshots shared by Srinivasan show the feature will be embedded directly into the existing analytics page, rather than living in a separate section.
There's an irony to this whole setup: LinkedIn itself has long been one of the drivers of AI writing tools. The Microsoft-owned platform has rolled out multiple large language model features over the years, including a one-click "enhance" button for sprucing up posts and messages. According to reports, LinkedIn pulled that "enhance" button around the same time it launched the AI slop reporting tool. An earlier study by AI detection company Pangram estimated that over 40% of long-form posts on LinkedIn may be AI-generated — part of why the platform's feed has earned a reputation for feeling especially "AI-flavored."
LinkedIn has not yet said when the report notification feature will roll out more broadly.
