LinkedIn’s flood of ‘collaborative’ articles start out with AI prompts
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge LinkedIn has introduced a feature called collaborative articles, which uses AI-powered conversation starters" to start discussions between experts" that use the platform. In an announcement post on Friday, the company says it will match each article with relevant member experts" based on its skills graph, and invite them to add context, extra information, and advice to the stories.
The company thinks the system will make it easier for people to contribute their perspectives because starting a conversation is harder than joining one." People can judge the experts' contributions with an insightful" reaction.
The current version of the feature starts with a pre-written article, which experts (in this case, a LinkedIn...