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LinkedIn reports that more than one million users have used its "Seems like AI slop" button to flag AI-like posts, and the platform now shows 40% fewer views on content it classifies as AI slop compared with a few weeks ago. The company added improved AI classifiers, removed an "enhance your post" AI feature, and will notify authors when members flag their post as seeming like AI. LinkedIn also plans stricter enforcement against comments created at scale with little or no human involvement. » Más en theverge.com

A fake job posting appeared on LinkedIn for several hours, allegedly seeking a "Group Chief Executive Officer" for ING Deutschland and receiving 25 applications within the morning. ING said the ad had neither been commissioned nor authorized, reported it to LinkedIn as abusive and it is now offline. The bank is investigating the background and is in contact with LinkedIn; it is unclear whether an employee profile was compromised, especially since the advertised position does not exist at ING. » Más en handelsblatt.com

A U.S. federal judge ordered that LinkedIn CEO Daniel Shapero may be questioned for four hours and former CEO Reid Hoffman for three hours as part of an antitrust suit filed in 2022. The lawsuit accuses LinkedIn of controlling more than 97% of the market for professional networks and of offering premium subscriptions at inflated prices; LinkedIn denies the allegations. Microsoft is not a defendant; a previously proposed settlement was rejected by Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. » Más en de.investing.com