Professional network LinkedIn will use public data of its users in the European Union and other regions of the world starting Monday to “train generative AI models,” according to an announcement in a blog post.
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In a text published a few weeks ago, the California-based company indicated that, starting November 3, it will use certain data of its subscribers, such as their profile elements, posts and articles, responses and CVs recorded in applications, to “feed generative artificial intelligence”.
Acquired by Microsoft in 2016, LinkedIn, which has one billion users, notably uses generative AI models provided by its owner News’ Azure OpenAI services.
Private messages and “salary data” are not affected, the group stated.
Account holders can disable this use in the data privacy options on the site.
LinkedIn also states that minors will not be affected, even if their preference appears enabled.
Already implemented in the United States, this new policy is also implemented on Monday in the UK, Switzerland, Canada and Hong Kong.
Since the end of May, the American giant Meta (Facebook, Instagram) has also been using the public content of its users to train its generative artificial intelligence models, unless they have filled out an opt-out form.
