For many workers, LinkedIn is a great source for job hunting, networking, and endless ‘inspirational’ posts to like but never actually read (you know the ones). Now it seems that LinkedIn is following ...

Senior writer at Forbes covering cybercrime, privacy and surveillance. Yet another major tech company is training AI models with user data—by default—and not informing users first. Following in the ...

Have you ever wondered how social media platforms use your data? If you’re a LinkedIn user, you might be in for a surprise. LinkedIn may have been training AI models on user data without fully ...

The U.K.’s data protection watchdog has confirmed that Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has stopped processing user data for AI model training for now. Stephen Almond, executive director of regulatory risk ...

If you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again. You have a week to ...

Update: On September 20, 2024, following publication, the UK Information Commissioner's Officer (ICO) confirmed that LinkedIn halted AI training also for UK users. If you are on LinkedIn, you might ...

LinkedIn is reportedly utilizing user data to enhance its generative AI products without updating its terms of service. The company has confirmed this practice and ...

LinkedIn launched three new AI professional certificates today, making them available for free through December 31. This is part of LinkedIn’s initiative to address the growing demand for AI skills in ...

LinkedIn admitted Wednesday that it has been training its own AI on many users’ data without seeking consent. Now there’s no way for users to opt out of training that has already occurred, as LinkedIn ...