LinkedIn adds AI search

LinkedIn is rolling out its artificial intelligence people search to all U.S. users, widening a tool that had launched for Premium subscribers first. (thekeyword.co) The feature lets people type broader requests instead of stacking filters, and LinkedIn says it can match queries more flexibly, suggest related searches, and generate profile summaries inside results. (thekeyword.co) LinkedIn introduced the people-search product for U.S. Premium users in November 2025, after earlier adding artificial intelligence job search that could parse open-ended prompts. (techcrunch.com) The change pushes LinkedIn’s main search bar closer to a chatbot-style prompt box, at a moment when Google, Microsoft, Reddit, and startups have all been remaking search around conversational queries. (techcrunch.com) For LinkedIn, people search is a core product, not a side feature: the service is built around finding recruiters, candidates, clients, partners, and experts across a network that now spans more than 1 billion members. (firstpost.com) The rollout also lands during a weaker hiring market. LinkedIn’s chief global affairs and legal officer, Blake Lawit, said this week that hiring on the platform is down about 20% from 2022 levels. (techcrunch.com) Lawit said LinkedIn’s data does not show artificial intelligence as the main reason for that drop, and pointed instead to higher interest rates and broader macroeconomic pressure. (techcrunch.com) That leaves LinkedIn trying to sell more artificial intelligence tools into a market where recruiting has slowed, while arguing the technology is changing how people search and work more than it is cutting jobs right now. (thekeyword.co)