Stack Overflow has launched a paid API service called OverflowAPI to extract questions and answers for AI training, with Google Cloud as its first customer. This initiative was announced in April 2023, emphasizing the value of its forum. After nearly a year of developing the API, Stack Overflow’s approach includes:
AI services utilizing Stack Overflow data must always attribute the answerers, even when summarizing content from threads.
All questions posted on Stack Overflow, whether by humans or AI, must undergo human review.
Stack Overflow will continuously seek community feedback to assess the quality of AI-generated answers.
Google Cloud will use data from Stack Overflow’s forum to train AI models, providing recommendations through the Google Cloud console and Gemini for Google Cloud service.
TLDR: Stack Overflow introduces OverflowAPI for AI training with Google Cloud as its first customer, emphasizing attribution, human review, and community feedback for AI-generated answers. Google Cloud will use Stack Overflow data to train AI models for client recommendations.
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