LinkedIn Exceeds 1 Billion Members, Presents New Artificial Intelligence Features

JAKARTA - LinkedIn, a business-focused social network owned by Microsoft, announced on Wednesday November 1 that it now has more than 1 billion members. They are also adding more artificial intelligence features for paid users.

Achievements past 1 billion users have put LinkedIn at the top of social media networks that include competitors such as Meta Platforms. On LinkedIn, members create profiles similar to their resumes, including education, work experience, and professional skills.

According to the company, about 80% of the new members have recently signed up from outside the United States.

LinkedIn has a free membership rate but also offers subscriptions. Members carrying from 39.99 (Rp636 thousand) per month will get a new AI feature that can notify users, who may be going through dozens of job posts, whether they are good candidates based on the information on their profile.

The system can also recommend profile changes to make users more competitive to find work.

"This tool is designed to help users, from what used to be just looking at work and feeling insecure, to being able to make great progress in one session, to interactions," said Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's head of product.

Last Wednesday, LinkedIn also introduced a button that will summarize long posts into key points adapted to each user. For example, by providing a different summary to a sales professional rather than a stock broker.