LinkedIn Returns to Training AI Models on EU and UK Users’ Data

LinkedIn Corp. will resume training its generative AI models on information about non-US users after a nearly year-long halt for discussions with data protection regulators about privacy concerns.

The Microsoft Corp.-owned platform updated its terms of service Wednesday to reflect that it will begin using profile information and posts from users in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, the UK, Canada, and Hong Kong to train its AI models. LinkedIn already trains its models with the personal data of US-based users.

“Expanding the training data for our generative AI models to these new regions will enable our models to ...