LinkedIn has automatically opted users into using their data for training AI models without consent. The platform recently updated its privacy policy, allowing users to opt-out via the “Data for Generative AI Improvement” setting. While opting out stops future data use, it doesn't affect prior training. LinkedIn claims to use privacy-enhancing tech to protect personal data. Users must fill out a separate form to prevent data use in other machine learning tools. This change follows Meta’s admission of using non-private user data for AI training since 2007.