{"id":1892811,"date":"2026-04-20T18:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1892811"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:39:49","slug":"linkedins-new-crosscheck-feature-lets-premium-subscribers-test-competing-ai-models-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1892811","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn&#8217;s new Crosscheck feature lets premium subscribers test competing AI models for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/2FrtfNW5YnwedbGZroFilA&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03MTA-\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/screenshot_2026-04-20_at_10.17.46_8223.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"article-17795c38-5e66-49df-ac01-46ee94b528aa\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px]\">\n<nav class=\"prestige-breadcrumb relative mx-4 md:mx-0\" aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<ol class=\"no-scrollbar overflow-scroll whitespace-nowrap text-battleship\">\n<li class=\"inline\">\n<li class=\"inline-block cursor-default last:pr-10 md:last:pr-20 font-bold\">AI<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<header class=\"mb-4 px-4 md:mb-6 md:px-0\">\n<h1 class=\"layout-h1 my-2 font-bold leading-tight\">LinkedIn&#8217;s new Crosscheck feature lets premium subscribers test competing AI models for free<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"my-2 text-[18px] font-light leading-5 md:max-w-[660px] md:text-[20px]\/[28px]\">The feature is a &#8220;blind taste test&#8221; for AI models from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and other companies.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex-col items-start lg:flex lg:flex-row lg:items-center lg:justify-between mt-6\">\n<div class=\"relative md:mr-[10px]\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-2\">\n<div class=\"shrink-0 cursor-pointer inline-block size-[42px] lg:size-[48px]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt role=\"img\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full rounded-full object-cover object-center shadow-[0_0_0_2px_#ffffff]\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/eOQDk3a.ZcPrsepE4Oylww--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-\/https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fimage_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2024-02%252F55cbf240-cb77-11ee-bbda-2ec0c01145be%26compress%3D1%26progressive%3D1%26quality%3D75%26client%3Dhawkeye%26signature%3Dab727c9e8e4e10168d96302907ce9deadba54024&amp;compress=1&amp;progressive=1&amp;quality=75&amp;client=hawkeye&amp;signature=aa31fc69a237b9561663018fc2d999c87d99b08a\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-block\">\n<div class=\"w-max text-sm\/5 font-semibold lg:!flex flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"flex w-max items-center\">Karissa Bell<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"font-normal sm:before:inline-block\">Senior reporter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lg:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-20T18:39:49.000Z\">Mon, April 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-0 mt-4 flex items-center lg:ml-3 lg:mt-0\">\n<div class=\"ml-0 mr-2\">\n<div class=\"relative flex\">Add Engadget on Google<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-20T18:39:49.000Z\">Mon, April 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-x-8 lg:gap-x-0 mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px] md:grid-cols-[[main-start]_1fr_[main-end_right-start]_min-content_[right-end]] lg:!gap-x-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-main\" data-i13n-boundary=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-[[fullbleed-start_body-start]_minmax(auto,750px)_[body-end_fullbleed-end]]\">\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden fig-image-round left-1\/2 w-screen -translate-x-1\/2 md:left-0 md:w-auto md:translate-x-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt class=\"object-cover object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/d9cmVgTXTSIkM8KyQ4CGOg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD03MzU-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/uu\/api\/res\/1.2\/HBqurd5EBj8tJ3iUB2aBng--~B\/aD03NTA7dz0xMjY4O2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/screenshot_2026-04-20_at_10.17.46_8223.png\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 mt-2.5 md:mt-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span class=\"[&amp;_p]:inline\">LinkedIn&#8217;s new Crosscheck feature.<\/span><span> (LinkedIn Screenshot)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">You can now use LinkedIn to test out some of the latest AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and other companies without having to worry about token limits or paying for an extra subscription. The professional network is experimenting with a new feature that allows people to test AI platforms&#8217; latest offerings within LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">It\u2019s called Crosscheck, and it&#8217;s rolling out now to anyone with a LinkedIn Premium subscription in the United States. The feature is meant to be a kind of &#8220;blind taste test&#8221; for AI models, according to the company&#8217;s Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan. Users start with a prompt and get two answers, each of which is provided by a different model. It&#8217;s only after choosing which model you like better that you can see the underlying models behind each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Srinivasan says that Crosscheck is still an &#8220;early product&#8221; from LinkedIn Labs and that &#8220;there\u2019s work to do to make it faster and add more models and question types.&#8221; But it already seems to support a fairly wide range of models. In my initial tests of the feature I saw multiple answers generated by Anthropic models, as well as those from Google, MoonshotAI, Mistral and Amazon. Crosscheck will also have its own leaderboard that tracks how people in different industries are rating the various models.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"After you choose an answer you like better, LinkedIn will show which model provided each answer.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"505\" class=\"fig-image-round\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/uWAgvuC4z60ZLIHpWr3C8w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwNQ--\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/screenshot_2026-04-20_at_10.34.32_1349.png\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 mt-2.5 md:mt-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span class=\"[&amp;_p]:inline\">After you choose an answer you like better, LinkedIn will show which model provided each answer.<\/span><span> (LinkedIn Screenshot)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Crosscheck only supports text-based prompts, so you can&#8217;t generate images, upload files or use some of the more advanced tools that would be available natively on the AI platforms themselves. But there are no limits on the number of text-based chats you can have, so you don&#8217;t have to worry about token limits or signing up for a pricey subscription if you find a model that&#8217;s helpful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_md9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_16d9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">LinkedIn is, however, sharing data back to the respective AI companies who will presumably use information gleaned from LinkedIn usage to improve their products. &#8220;Anonymized data is shared with model builders to help them understand how their models are performing amongst different occupations,&#8221; the company explains. &#8220;No personally identifiable information is shared with model builders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">While Crosscheck is initially only available to LinkedIn Premium subscribers in the United States, the company plans to expand the the feature to more countries and free users \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-main grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px]\">\n<div class=\"no-scrollbar col-body mx-4 mb-8 mt-2.5 overflow-x-scroll whitespace-nowrap md:mx-0 md:max-w-[750px] md:overflow-x-visible md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto max-w-screen-sm\">\n<ul class=\"inline-flex text-xs md:text-sm\">\n<li class=\"mr-6\">About our ads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">You can now use LinkedIn to test out some of the latest AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and other companies without having to worry about token limits or paying for an extra subscription. The professional network is experimenting with a new feature that allows people to test AI platforms&#8217; latest offerings within LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">It\u2019s called Crosscheck, and it&#8217;s rolling out now to anyone with a LinkedIn Premium subscription in the United States. The feature is meant to be a kind of &#8220;blind taste test&#8221; for AI models, according to the company&#8217;s Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan. Users start with a prompt and get two answers, each of which is provided by a different model. It&#8217;s only after choosing which model you like better that you can see the underlying models behind each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Srinivasan says that Crosscheck is still an &#8220;early product&#8221; from LinkedIn Labs and that &#8220;there\u2019s work to do to make it faster and add more models and question types.&#8221; But it already seems to support a fairly wide range of models. In my initial tests of the feature I saw multiple answers generated by Anthropic models, as well as those from Google, MoonshotAI, Mistral and Amazon. Crosscheck will also have its own leaderboard that tracks how people in different industries are rating the various models.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"After you choose an answer you like better, LinkedIn will show which model provided each answer.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"505\" class=\"fig-image-round\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/uWAgvuC4z60ZLIHpWr3C8w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwNQ--\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/screenshot_2026-04-20_at_10.34.32_1349.png\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 mt-2.5 md:mt-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span class=\"[&amp;_p]:inline\">After you choose an answer you like better, LinkedIn will show which model provided each answer.<\/span><span> (LinkedIn Screenshot)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Crosscheck only supports text-based prompts, so you can&#8217;t generate images, upload files or use some of the more advanced tools that would be available natively on the AI platforms themselves. But there are no limits on the number of text-based chats you can have, so you don&#8217;t have to worry about token limits or signing up for a pricey subscription if you find a model that&#8217;s helpful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_md9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_16d9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">LinkedIn is, however, sharing data back to the respective AI companies who will presumably use information gleaned from LinkedIn usage to improve their products. &#8220;Anonymized data is shared with model builders to help them understand how their models are performing amongst different occupations,&#8221; the company explains. &#8220;No personally identifiable information is shared with model builders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">While Crosscheck is initially only available to LinkedIn Premium subscribers in the United States, the company plans to expand the the feature to more countries and free users \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/linkedins-crosscheck-feature-lets-premium-subscribers-test-ai-models-for-free-183949210.html&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/2FrtfNW5YnwedbGZroFilA&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03MTA-\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/screenshot_2026-04-20_at_10.17.46_8223.png&#8221;] AI LinkedIn&#8217;s new Crosscheck feature lets premium subscribers test competing AI models for free The feature is a &#8220;blind taste test&#8221; for AI models from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and other companies. 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