LinkedIn has reportedly removed its AI-powered prompts. These prompts were part of a suite of AI-powered enhancements that the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform announced in November of last year. It included questions that had been appearing under almost every post for LinkedIn Premium users for the last several months. While announcing the company promised that these tools will use gen AI to “meticulously analyse the content within your feed and across job postings, bringing to light pivotal opportunities.”
Read the company’s statement here
In an emailed statement to Fast Company, LinkedIn spokesperson Suzi Owens said: “We’re testing various ways to use generative AI to help our members grow in their careers, gathering feedback to improve and invest where it matters most. We’ve removed the insights on feed posts, as we continue to test and learn, but members can still use our AI-powered tools on the jobs home page to get personalised insights, like how to build a network, position yourself for a job, or learn about a company.”
While prompt questions may be disappearing from general posts, LinkedIn may not be abandoning AI entirely. These prompts can be a key component of the job search experience, and the platform promises to further integrate AI features in the coming days, potentially enhancing user interactions in new and innovative ways.
The company also LinkedIn recently modified its user agreement which will automatically enroll users into a program where their data can be used to train the platform's AI algorithms.
Some LinkedIn users were ‘unhappy’ with the AI prompts
According to the report, some users com
plained that there was no apparent way to disable the prompts. LinkedIn had promised that the feature would “take on the hard work of parsing through long articles, videos and posts.” However, clicking the prompts often produced simple AI-generated summaries of the original content.
These LinkedIn Premium subscribers reportedly felt they were paying extra for a feature that was more of an annoyance than a benefit as it took up valuable space in their feeds without providing much value in return.
Read the company’s statement here
In an emailed statement to Fast Company, LinkedIn spokesperson Suzi Owens said: “We’re testing various ways to use generative AI to help our members grow in their careers, gathering feedback to improve and invest where it matters most. We’ve removed the insights on feed posts, as we continue to test and learn, but members can still use our AI-powered tools on the jobs home page to get personalised insights, like how to build a network, position yourself for a job, or learn about a company.”
While prompt questions may be disappearing from general posts, LinkedIn may not be abandoning AI entirely. These prompts can be a key component of the job search experience, and the platform promises to further integrate AI features in the coming days, potentially enhancing user interactions in new and innovative ways.
The company also LinkedIn recently modified its user agreement which will automatically enroll users into a program where their data can be used to train the platform's AI algorithms.
Some LinkedIn users were ‘unhappy’ with the AI prompts
According to the report, some users com
plained that there was no apparent way to disable the prompts. LinkedIn had promised that the feature would “take on the hard work of parsing through long articles, videos and posts.” However, clicking the prompts often produced simple AI-generated summaries of the original content.
These LinkedIn Premium subscribers reportedly felt they were paying extra for a feature that was more of an annoyance than a benefit as it took up valuable space in their feeds without providing much value in return.
