LinkedIn's new "Seems like AI slop" button has been clicked more than a million times since its launch, according to chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, suggesting the platform's crackdown on AI-generated content is gaining traction. The feature was introduced amid growing concern about the volume of AI-written material flooding the site, and its uptake indicates strong user appetite for flagging such posts.

The button, accessible via the three-dot menu on any post, was announced on 30 July, weeks after AI detection firm Pangram found that 41 percent of LinkedIn's longform posts were fully AI-generated. Alongside the button, LinkedIn rolled out improved classifiers to detect AI content and scrapped a feature that used AI to "enhance" posts; Srinivasan said users are now seeing 40 percent fewer views of flagged AI slop compared with a few weeks ago. LinkedIn is also introducing a notification telling authors when other members have flagged their post as apparent AI content, and the company previously pledged to tackle comments generated at scale with little human input.