LinkedIn has halted training AI models using users’ personal data in the UK as the social media platform succumbed to pressure from regulators. Regulators in the UK raised concerns over LinkedIn’s alleged breach of data privacy.

The U.K.'s data protection watchdog has confirmed that Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has stopped processing user data for AI model training for now. Stephen

The UK's data watchdog said it raised concerns over LinkedIn's approach to using UK data to train AI.

Broadcaster Kel Richards says LinkedIn is being “sneaky” by automatically making users give their data to train its own AI model.