Social media sites are harvesting user data to train their AI, raising privacy concerns.

If you’re in a country where LinkedIn has started using your data for AI training, it’s easy to stop it. Go to the data privacy section in settings and switch the “Use my data for training content creation AI models” toggle to off.

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

LinkedIn is trawling your profile and posts and using the information as a teaching tool for its AI. You can stop it.

Social media platforms including LinkedIn, Meta and Snapchat are using your profile to train their AI models. The models use data from posts, pictures and even your resume for training purposes.