Stack Overflow Inks Deal to Supply Q&A Data to Google Chatbot, Opening New Revenue Stream
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Stack Overflow signed a deal to provide Q&A data to Google's Gemini chatbot to improve its coding assistance and technical support abilities.
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The deal marks the start of Stack Overflow charging AI giants like Google for access to content used to train systems, providing a new revenue stream.
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Many publishers feel threatened by AI systems like ChatGPT that can answer queries previously sent to sites like Stack Overflow.
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Stack Overflow will require attribution back to question sources and maintain trust, accuracy and quality standards on how its data is used.
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The deal comes after agreements between AI developers and websites like Reddit to access data to improve conversational abilities of chatbots.