🛸 StackOverflow & OpenAI: Two Nemesis Join Forces

Tom Smykowski
3 min readMay 6, 2024

In a surprising twist of events, StackOverflow and OpenAI join forces to redefine how AI companies use human work

StackOverflow is the biggest knowledge base for programmers in the world. Over years it gathered answers to answers in almost any programming language.

Lately however, it is struggling. While some people think it’s because ChatGPT, the truth is it seen a decline before, and LLMs just made it worse.

Nine months ago StackOverflow announced OverflowAI, it’s own AI supporting the needs of developers and more.

More, because we have to remember that Stack Exchange, the brand, consists of many Q&A services, not only for programmers.

The reactions to these events were mixed. Some of you noticed it may be good, because StackOverflow may find a way to appreciate people who contributed heavily to the knowledge base.

Especially because otherwise, AI will destroy the Internet. No one will contribute anymore if bigtech will steal their work.

In the hopes of seeing how StackOverflow tackles these existential problems that may cause it’s decline, I’ve read the announcement made just now by StackOverflow.

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Tom Smykowski
Tom Smykowski

Written by Tom Smykowski

Software Engineer & Tech Editor. Top 2% on StackOverflow, 3mil views on Quora. Won Shattered Pixel Dungeon.

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