Disabling (or Evading) LinkedIn's Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
Even in this digital era, LinkedIn remains an influential platform for job hunting. However, since 2023, the website has made significant advancements using generative AI. This AI assistance helps with tasks like job hunting, composing messages, networking, and setting up job descriptions. Some users have even noticed AI prompts appearing under posts. While these AI integrations can be helpful at times, they might become intrusive as well. A few people have shared queries on how to disconnect the AI functionalities from their LinkedIn accounts.
For those who prefer more human interaction during recruitment and job searching, let's take a close look at LinkedIn's AI services and which of them can be deactivated.
So, Why Don't I Have AI on LinkedIn?
AI-assisted services are prevalent across LinkedIn, but there's a caveat: they're restricted to premium users. Consequently, people with free accounts can avoid AI without any hassle. They'll continue to see ads inviting them to upgrade to Premium, but they wouldn't encounter them in any other way.
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Contrarily, those who pay for Premium have little room to avoid AI features. Since LinkedIn typically considers them part of the subscription, they're not designed to be turned off.
LinkedIn employs AI in job listings, its recruiter tools, under posts, and in most text boxes. Not all these are disabling, and what's even more frustrating is that the specific AI features available to you relies on the Premium tier you're subscribed to.
Where Does LinkedIn Use AI?
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LinkedIn's AI is used primarily in job listings, the recruiter tools, under posts, and in most text boxes.
In Job Listings: If you have LinkedIn's Career version of Premium, AI-powered chatbots will start appearing under the job advertisements. These include questions such as "Am I a good fit for this job?" and "How can I present myself best for this job?" The responses to these queries are essentially summaries of either your job profile or the job description. In another instance, clicking on "Tell me more about [employer]" will mostly provide a summary of the employer's LinkedIn page.
In LinkedIn Recruiter: In this service, users can conduct AI-assisted candidate searches, fill out another profile's fields, and send AI-assisted messages. These features, however, require an enterprise-level LinkedIn Recruiter subscription, so I couldn't test them for this article. Bear in mind that LinkedIn Premium’s Recruiter Lite edition doesn't give you access to these features.
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In Most LinkedIn Text Boxes: Premium users can leverage AI in nearly all their text boxes. This includes writing posts or internal messages, creating profiles' headlines, and setting up 'about' pages. It's noteworthy that Sales Navigator Core and Recruiter Lite (despite being costlier) don't let you write AI-drafted messages.
On Feed Posts: The most visually noticeable AI features on LinkedIn are the "AI insights on feed posts." When browsing your feed, these will appear next to the sparkle icons and suggest related questions. Clicking on these will open LinkedIn's AI chatbot, prompting the question.
How to Disable LinkedIn AI
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Alas, numerous LinkedIn AI features are irreversible unless you limit your premium tier to the ones that contain those features. Nevertheless, there are two steps that will significantly reduce your interaction with AI.
If you're using LinkedIn Recruiter, you can turn off AI-assisted messages on both an admin and a seat level.
To do this in the admin tools, go to the Products Settings by hovering over your profile on your homepage and clicking Product Settings. Next, navigate to Company Settings > Preferences in the left rail, then click "Edit" below "Enable AI-assisted message auto-draft." Toggle AI-assisted messages "Off" and hit "Save."
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To turn off AI-assisted messages on the seat level, go back to the hover menu and choose "Product Settings." Then, click "Messaging" under "My Account Settings" on the left rail, and click "Edit" beside "Enable AI-assisted auto-draft." Disable the feature, and click "Save."
For everyone else, you could simply disregard the AI-assisted prompts when writing a new post or editing your profile. Interestingly, AI-assisted message prompts don't show up when composing a message through the Messaging window in the bottom-right corner. However, there's no way to prevent these AI prompts from emerging. So, be aware of them to avoid accidentally clicking into them.
In conclusion, while overcoming LinkedIn's AI integration entirely is seemingly impossible, the steps above will significantly lessen your interaction with it. Vigilance is essential as these services might be updated or modified in the future.
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When editing your LinkedIn profile, you may come across the "Write with AI" option, which is denoted by a gold sparkle and a Premium tag. To avoid using the AI, don't click this button. If you happened to accidentally click on it, you can undo its changes by selecting the "Revert" button, and mark the suggestion as poor by pressing the "Thumbs Down" button.
On the other hand, when composing posts on LinkedIn, the "Rewrite with AI" button is only enabled once you've written a line or two. If you click it by mistake, you can simply press the "Undo" button to reverse the changes. Additionally, you can still express your positive or negative opinions on the AI-generated content by pressing the "Thumbs Up" or "Thumbs Down" buttons.
Then again, to evade AI involvement in job listings or AI insights in your feed, refraining from becoming a LinkedIn Premium member is the best tactic.
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