The data collected for the Generative AI Improvement program is used to “improve or develop the LinkedIn services,” LinkedIn said.

Updates to LinkedIn’s user agreement will automatically opt users into sharing their data with its AI. Follow these steps to opt out. LinkedIn users might not realize they’re giving permission for the site to use their personal data and any content they create on the platform to train the company’s generative AI models,

LinkedIn may have trained AI models on user data without updating its terms. LinkedIn users in the U.S. -- but not the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, likely due to those regions' data privacy rules -- have an opt-out toggle in their settings screen disclosing that LinkedIn scrapes personal data to train "content creation AI models.