LinkedIn Set To Start To Train Its AI on Member Profiles (techradar.com) 27
LinkedIn has said it will start using some member profiles, posts, resumes and public activity to train its AI models from November 3, 2025. From a report: Users are rightly frustrated with the change, with the biggest concern isn't the business networking platform will do so, but that it's set to be enabled by default, with users instead having to actively opt out. Users can choose to opt out via the 'data for generative AI improvement' setting, however it will only apply to data collected after they opt out, with data up until that point still retained within the training environment.
figures! (Score:2)
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Perfect opportunity here (Score:3)
We have plenty of time to pad our profiles. Let us all claim to cure cancer, world hunger, and save each of our old companies trillions of dollars and see those offer emails roll inâ¦
Would be funny if... (Score:2)
... everyone who has an account there went in and disallowed use of their accounts for this. But as others have noted, it's Microsoft... so who knows if they will actually honor it or not.
Opting out is relatively easy compared with overly complex social networking settings we’ve become accustomed to. ‘Data for Generative AI Improvement’ is found within ‘How LinkedIn uses your data’ under the ‘Data privacy’ section of Settings.
This isnt new; opt out available for months (Score:4, Interesting)
Linkedin has already said they would do this and added the opt out switch months ago....if it does anything.
Re:This isnt new; opt out available for months (Score:4, Interesting)
GDPR says something like this MUST be opt-in, no exceptions.
Opt out! (Score:5, Interesting)
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maybe the US is on by default? (I am not in the US)
you can trust us (Score:1)
The BS escalation war escalates (Score:1)
More fake candidates will be chasing more fake jobs.
Gone (Score:2)
Now is the time to delete your account.
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Thankfully, I never made one.
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I did make that mistake back in 2018. Quickly learned it was nothing but a turd. Just deleted (or closed as they call it) the account after reading this. Hella surprised I remembered the login credentials since I have not even considered looking at it for over 6 years now.
Time for fake profiles... (Score:5, Funny)
I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees. I write award-winning operas. I manage time efficiently.
Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing. I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook 30-minute brownies in 20 minutes.
I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.
Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello. I was scouted by the Mets. I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I’m bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays after school I repair electrical appliances free of charge.
I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don’t perspire.
I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal force demonstration. I bat .400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.
I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.
I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life, but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four-course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven.
I breed prize-winning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.
But I have not yet gone to college.
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You mean, kind of like the fake profiles that are already rampant on the site?
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I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees. I write award-winning operas. I manage time efficiently.
Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing. I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook 30-minute brownies in 20 minutes.
I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.
Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello. I was scouted by the Mets. I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When Iâ(TM)m bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays after school I repair electrical appliances free of charge.
I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I donâ(TM)t perspire.
I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal force demonstration. I bat .400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.
I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.
I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life, but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four-course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven.
I breed prize-winning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.
But I have not yet gone to college.
You are ... The Most Interesting Man in the World!!
Next round of Dos Equis is on me.
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But I have not yet gone to college.
Do you want a ride? Im going there anyway.
I always wanted my profile to be public (Score:3)
I mean, that's kind of what you put of a job profile on LinkedIn for, right? If you don't want people to see your profile, why would you put it out there? That would kind of defeat the purpose of using it to help you find a job.
Time to delete my account then (Score:2)
Or poison it. Need to have a look at current poisoning techniques.
Poison profiles? (Score:2)
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The profiles are already poison. I'm currently unemployed and recently started using that site again when looking for a job. Most of the posts are the laziest, SEO optimized, self-help and self-ego-inflating bullshit you can find. I wouldn't be surprised that a lot of it is already AI generated. Whatever AI they make based on that will be trash.
In terms of an AI on profile pages themselves, again what's the point? Those are lists of jobs and achievements. Are they going to recommend you add a fake job
I'm glad... (Score:2)
...that I cancelled my account a long time ago. It was completely and utterly useless.
where are all the severs based? (Score:2)
Job Search (Score:2)
The thing that infuriates me about this as somebody who used this hellscape of a site for 2 years while looking for a new position is the total lack of real AI search for jobs - literally the ONLY AI feature I would be interested in. The current job search function is trash. But it could actually be useful to be able to ask it questions that involve actually looking at people's work history in their profile.
I'd love to be able to ask - show me all jobs that have a similar job title to [x]. ONLY at companies