Hacker News with Generative AI: LinkedIn

AI Is Taking over LinkedIn – Are We All Just Bots Now? (reddit.com)
Let’s be honest - most LinkedIn outreach messages are either spammy, generic, or just plain awkward. So, what if AI could fix that?

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, LinkedIn

3 points by mariyan250 39 days ago | 0 comments

Product shouldn't require showing my legal name (ntietz.com)
Last week, I finally got verified on LinkedIn. Now there's a little badge next to my name that says "yes, she's a human who is legally named Nicole." Their marketing for verification says that I should now expect 60% more profile views and 50% more comments and reactions.

Privacy, Social Media, Identity, LinkedIn

9 points by zdw 61 days ago | 0 comments

LinkedIn removes accounts of AI 'co-workers' looking for jobs (404media.co)
LinkedIn has removed at least two accounts that were created for AI “co-workers” whose profile images said they were “#OpenToWork.”

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Employment, LinkedIn

46 points by cdme 88 days ago | 24 comments

Ask HN: To LinkedIn am I just collateral damage of a barely functioning system (ycombinator.com)
I have been on linked in for almost as long as I have been in tech. My current account has been in use since at least 2017.

LinkedIn, Professional Networking, Social Media, User Experience

78 points by qbqetell 88 days ago | 78 comments

LinkedIn accused of training AI on private messages (theregister.com)
LinkedIn was this week accused of giving third parties access to Premium customers' private InMail messages for AI model training.

Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, LinkedIn, Data Privacy

7 points by belter 93 days ago | 0 comments

Employees are bypassing HR, sharing on LinkedIn (businessinsider.com)
Fed up with company processes, people are reporting their horrible bosses on social media

Human Resources, Social Media, Workplace Culture, LinkedIn

105 points by this_weekend 104 days ago | 98 comments

Ask HN: How to correctly search for jobs on LinkedIn? (ycombinator.com)
LinkedIn appears to be the premier site for connecting job-seekers with job openings, teeming with recruiters and detailed job postings. Therefore I puzzle over why it is so difficult to actually perform job searches there.

Job Searching, LinkedIn, Career Advice

10 points by psim1 110 days ago | 5 comments

Show HN: Convert your LinkedIn profile to a resume (chromewebstore.google.com)

Software, Chrome Extensions, LinkedIn, Resumes

48 points by prodtorok 136 days ago | 64 comments

Over half of long posts on LinkedIn are likely AI-generated (originality.ai)
We have likely all experienced the same feeling on LinkedIn within the last couple of years… seeing a long-form post and suspecting it of being AI-generated but the author is passing it off as their own thought leadership.

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Content Creation, LinkedIn

65 points by cdme 150 days ago | 41 comments

Ask HN: Recruiters, why do you repost jobs with 1000 applications a month later? (ycombinator.com)
The majority of jobs on LinkedIn right now seem to be reposts of jobs from a month or two ago.

Recruiting, LinkedIn, Job Market

30 points by charliebwrites 158 days ago | 29 comments

'Consent' LinkedIn used for data processing was not freely given, says Ireland (theregister.com)
When LinkedIn asked its European users for their personal data, it did not receive "informed" nor "freely given" consent for the business to ship it off to third parties for generating targeted advertising, a Euro data watchdog has said.

Privacy, Data Protection, GDPR, LinkedIn, Advertising

5 points by LinuxBender 180 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Instead of opentowork on LinkedIn, I'm desperate cos it's true (jasonleow.com)
Please upload an image first before you start editing.For best results, please use a square photo (for now, while I fix it).

Job Searching, Social Media, LinkedIn

36 points by jasonleowsg 207 days ago | 8 comments

LinkedIn does not use European users' data for training its AI (techradar.com)

Privacy, LinkedIn, AI, Europe

112 points by robertclaus 216 days ago | 83 comments

LinkedIn Is Training AI on User Data (theverge.com)
If you’re on LinkedIn, then you should know that the social network has, without asking, opted accounts into training generative AI models.

AI, Privacy, Social Media, LinkedIn, Generative AI

4 points by Katana_zero 219 days ago | 1 comments

LinkedIn silently opts users into generative AI data scraping by default (bsky.app)

Privacy, Generative AI, LinkedIn, Data Scraping, Social Media

6 points by diggan 220 days ago | 2 comments

LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool (twitter.com)

LinkedIn, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Data Privacy

426 points by lopkeny12ko 220 days ago | 234 comments

LinkedIn scraped user data for training before updating its terms of service (techcrunch.com)
LinkedIn may have trained AI models on user data without updating its terms.

Privacy, AI, LinkedIn, Data Scraping, Legal Issues

36 points by mfiguiere 220 days ago | 14 comments

Ask HN: Why LinkedIn employees don't use LinkedIn and only Twitter? (ycombinator.com)