LinkedIn Users Edit Profiles to Add AI and Remove DEI

Nicholas Thompson noted that professionals are revising earlier LinkedIn job descriptions to add AI while removing DEI and remote work mentions. Paul Graham shared a chart showing a rise in retrospective edits that insert AI-related terms after 2024. Both point to an NBER paper titled Time Travel on Professional Profiles as the underlying source. The tweets present the pattern as observed behavior on the platform without additional confirmation from the paper itself.