LinkedIn lets Premium subscribers create profiles with GPT-4

LinkedIn is testing a generative AI tool for Premium subscribers that will allow the platform to provide text suggestions for the user’s profile. LinkedIn uses OpenAI’s GPT-4 model for this. The platform also introduces a tool for writing vacancy texts.

The profile tool recognizes and uses the ‘key skills and experiences’ to write texts for the About and Headline sections, says LinkedIn’s chief product officer Tomer Cohen. The tool would take the user’s writing style into account when writing the texts. The tool also advises the user to read the text carefully and adjust it before publication.

This function is currently only available to Premium subscribers, a subscription that costs at least 29 euros per month. This is a phased release, with all Premium subscribers receiving the ‘in the coming months’ function.

LinkedIn still uses a GPT model from OpenAI for writing job vacancies, but in the 3.5 version, reports TechCrunch. This tool requires the user to write down a job title, company name ‘and other basic information’, after which the tool writes a job description.

Cohen says he wants to come up with more generative AI tools in the future. In addition, the platform is introducing a hundred AI courses that are free until June 15, including some courses specifically about generative AI.

OpenAI announced GPT-4 on Tuesday, an improved version of the language model that should better handle more complex tasks and use images as input. Duolingo, among others, has now announced a function based on the GPT-4 model. LinkedIn’s parent company Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and uses the GPT language model for its Bing-AI chatbot. According to Microsoft, there is still a queue for that chatbot, but at the time of writing, anyone who registers will have direct access to the Bing AI chatbot.