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The button on the social network LinkedIn for reporting AI slop received over a million clicks, and the visibility of AI content fell by 40 percent

confirmed by 2 independent sources updated August 21, 2026

Over a million users have clicked the “Seems like AI slop” button on the social network LinkedIn since its launch on 30 July 2026. According to the company LinkedIn, the visibility of content classified as AI slop fell by 40 percent over a few weeks.

The social network LinkedIn announced that over a million users have clicked the “Seems like AI slop” button, which lets them report a post as AI-generated content, since its launch on 30 July 2026. According to a Thursday post by Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan, users now see 40 percent less content that LinkedIn classifies as AI slop compared with a few weeks ago. The platform has also started privately notifying authors when members have flagged their posts as AI.

The company LinkedIn launched the button on 30 July 2026 as part of a broader initiative against AI slop on the platform. The move followed a finding by a detection tool from the company Pangram that 41 percent of long posts on LinkedIn are entirely AI-generated, as previously reported by 404 Media. Chief Product Officer Srinivasan described reducing AI slop as a company priority at the time.

The measures also include new classifiers for identifying AI content in recommended posts and the removal of the AI post enhancement feature, which the company LinkedIn replaced with a tool that checks spelling and grammar without changing the style of the text. The company LinkedIn says it blocks hundreds of thousands of automated commenting attempts every day and has blocked millions of other automation attempts over the past few months. Meanwhile, according to sources, the company Pangram secured an investment of 9 million dollars to combat AI content on the internet.

What changed

Why it matters

User reports combined with classifiers are proving capable of measurably reducing the reach of AI-generated content on a major social platform, changing the calculation for content creators and companies relying on AI-generated text as a growth tool. At the same time, demand is growing for detection tools such as Pangram, which are becoming part of the content moderation infrastructure across platforms.

What was added since the original report

Verified updates

  1. New verified information

    The button was launched specifically on 30 July 2026; Over a million users have already clicked the button; The visibility of detected AI content fell by 40 percent; LinkedIn removed the old feature for enhancing posts with AI; The platform is introducing improved classifiers for detecting AI-generated content

    • The button was launched specifically on 30 July 2026
    • Over a million users have already clicked the button
    • The visibility of detected AI content fell by 40 percent
    • LinkedIn removed the old feature for enhancing posts with AI
    • The platform is introducing improved classifiers for detecting AI-generated content
  2. New verified information

    The AI detector Pangram found 41 percent AI content in long posts on LinkedIn; CPO at LinkedIn Hari Srinivasan declared reducing AI slop a priority; The initiative is specifically aimed at reducing the volume of AI slop on the platform

    • The AI detector Pangram found 41 percent AI content in long posts on LinkedIn
    • CPO at LinkedIn Hari Srinivasan declared reducing AI slop a priority
    • The initiative is specifically aimed at reducing the volume of AI slop on the platform

Two audiences, two different impacts

What this means

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For individuals

Users of LinkedIn now have access to a button for reporting suspected AI content, and the author of a post flagged this way receives a private notification; anyone publishing unmodified AI-generated text risks lower reach for their posts.

What to do When writing posts on LinkedIn, limit the use of unmodified AI-generated text and use the new spell-checking tool instead of generating content to avoid having the post flagged as AI slop.
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02

For a business

Companies that use AI to produce content on LinkedIn for marketing or recruitment may face lower organic reach because the platform is now specifically limiting the visibility of content classified as AI slop; at the same time, commercial interest is growing in AI content detection tools, such as the company Pangram, which recently secured an investment of 9 million dollars.

Sales and marketing
What to decide Review the company’s content strategy on LinkedIn and limit the publication of unreviewed AI-generated text to avoid losing organic reach for posts.
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TechCrunch AI independent context · first detected LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated ‘slop’ The Verge AI independent context LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button The Verge AI independent context Over one million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button