LinkedIn Builds AI-Content Defenses as Journal Submissions Jump 42%
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Updated · TechCentral.ie · Aug 10
LinkedIn Builds AI-Content Defenses as Journal Submissions Jump 42%
2 articles · Updated · TechCentral.ie · Aug 10
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LinkedIn is developing strategies to curb AI-generated posts after its own generative tools helped flood the platform with low-value content.
That push reflects a broader overload problem: machine-made material is swamping social media and eroding both usefulness and users’ desire to engage.
3,030 papers were submitted to the 35th USENIX Security Symposium, up from 2,400 a year earlier, underscoring how AI is inflating review queues beyond social platforms.
An April scholarly paper found submissions at major academic journals have risen 42% since ChatGPT’s 2022 release, while fiction editors and agents also face growing suspicion of AI-written work.
The wider risk is not only more spam-like output but a cultural incentive problem, as creators increasingly question whether producing more content is worth it at all.