News Summary

• LinkedIn will start using some member profiles, posts, resumes and public activity to train its AI models from November 3, 2025.
• Users can choose to opt out via the ‘data for generative AI improvement’ setting, however it will only apply to data collected after they opt out.
• Microsoft is able to get away with enabling this setting by default because it’s framed as ‘legitimate interest’ in the eyes of the law.
• Meta announced in September 2024 that it would begin doing the same via its Facebook and Instagram platforms.