LinkedIn to Use User Data for AI Training Starting November 2025

LinkedIn announced it will begin using member profiles, posts, resumes, and public activity to train its AI models starting November 3, 2025. This has sparked user concern, especially since the setting is enabled by default, requiring users to actively opt out. While users can opt out via the 'data for generative AI improvement' setting, this only applies to data collected after opting out; previously collected data remains in the training dataset. The change affects users in the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong. Data from users under 18 will be excluded. This follows a similar move by Meta, which resumed user data training after pausing due to an Information Commissioner's Office complaint, now with clearer opt-out options.