LinkedIn lets users report AI-generated ‘slop’ posts in push for authentic content

3 min readJul 31, 2026 02:19 PM IST The rapid rise of AI-generated spam and low-value posts is making it harder for users to find authentic content online. (Image: LinkedIn)AI slop, or low-quality, AI-generated content shared on social media, has become increasingly common, making it harder for users to find authentic and meaningful posts. LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking platform, has come out with a quick fix for AI slop. On Thursday, the platform announced a new feature that allows users to report AI slop. Now, they can click on a ‘seems like AI slop’ button if they sense that a post has been written using AI. According to a recent report by Pangram Labs, an AI-detection platform, over 40 per cent of long posts on LinkedIn were entirely AI-generated. The report term