LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, which also owns a large chunk of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, meaning all three appear to be training their AI with information from the business-focused social network. LinkedIn hadn’t responded to requests for comment at the time of publication.

Click your profile image on the header menu and select Settings & Privacy in the dropdown menu. Select the Data for Generative AI Improvement option at the very bottom of the How LinkedIn uses your data section. Thanks to the EU's strong data privacy laws, LinkedIn is not using EU users' data for its AI training.

LinkedIn users have noticed a new setting that allows them to stop the company from training its AI with their data—but that sharing is turned on by default. Here's how to disable it.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn recently began training AI models on your data without your express consent. LinkedIn is updating its policies to disclose the practice.

LinkedIn users said their writing and data was being collected for generative AI training without obtaining their consent.

LinkedIn announced an update to its Terms of Service today to make it clearer that it uses data from its members for AI training.

To opt out of LinkedIn's AI training, users will need to access the data for generative AI improvement setting, which is switched on by default and looks like this: If you are using the LinkedIn mobile app, you can access this setting by tapping on your profile picture and then Settings in the bottom-left corner.

LinkedIn may have been training AI models on user data without fully informing users. Concerns about data usage without consent are rising,