Questions tagged [generative-ai]
For questions about generative AI as it pertains to the Stack Exchange network. Use this tag if you're discussing the policy around posting generative AI on the site, or for questions about Stack Exchange's AI integrations.
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stackoverflow.ai - rebuilt for attribution
Update: Sept 24, 2025
We have released various improvements and updates today:
stackoverflow.ai now uses the most recent model to improve accuracy where SO & SE don't have valid answers.
Improved ...
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Should I refrain from frivolous use of Stackoverflow.AI?
Sometimes I like to "explore" what I can and can't do with AI. E.g., I remember starting a conversation with "la la la" (or something like this) with ChatGPT, then we started ...
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The phrasing "They do not use the output for training their machine learning models using the output" seems problematic
The stackoverflow.ai Terms of Use has a couple of weird phrasings, which appear to be because of some editing issue. This is in the context of using third-party services (notably OpenAI):
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Will Artificial intelligence kill Stack Exchange sites? [duplicate]
In the past, people searched for help on Stack Exchange sites. Since AI is training using the information from these Q&A Pages, and people are asking AI apps directly, are Stack Exchange sites ...
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How do I know in which forum I should post my question about Autodesk Fusion 360? [duplicate]
How does one know in which forum one should post its questions?
When I look into the list of subsites I think most questions about engineering or computer whatever should have its ad hoc site.
I have ...
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Labs experiment launch: stackoverflow.ai
UPDATE - July 9, 2025
This week we’ve updated stackoverflow.ai with the following new functionality and fixes:
Related content suggestions are more relevant and dynamically
re-ranked during ...
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Should LLMs that rely on SE content credit the authors? [closed]
I think most people here are aware just how much SE content is responsible for high quality answers LLMs sometimes provide. This fact edged popular consciousness, but seems to be largely forgotten and ...
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Concluding the Answer Assistant experiment
On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, we ended the Answer Assistant experiment on the Stack Exchange sites where it was running - Raspberry Pi, Arts & Crafts, and User Experience.
We greatly appreciate the ...
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What could be good uses of AI in the Stack Exchange setting?
Anyone who's been paying attention to MSE in recent years must be aware that the use of AI on the network has been a controversial topic. Many sites have consensus to ban AI-generated content ...
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As of 2025, what’s the official policy on using machine translation to supplement answers?
Imagine someone on Politics.SE asks, "What policies were proposed by the Chinese government in their 2025 speech?" Suppose I find an official policy document in Mandarin that perfectly ...
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What are some ways that AI can really enhance SE? [duplicate]
If the company wants to integrate AI into SE, then what are your suggestions?
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Stack Exchange's Answer Bot violates all main points from the company's GenAI policy
Currently, Stack Exchange has created an Answer Bot, which provides AI generated answers to certain questions which humans then review. However, they did not disclose which AI/LLM they are using for ...
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AI-generated Answers experiment & The Data Dump
Following the AI-generated Answers experiment on Stack Exchange sites that volunteered to participate announcements I wanted to ask if the company has already planned a way to filter out the (few?) AI-...
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Understanding the Company view. How much does the company think the current LLM technology can improve
I am posting this to give the company a chance to present their view and explain why they are so willing to trust LLM as a new potential source of content to the site. Other users are free to post ...
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AI-generated Answers experiment on Stack Exchange sites that volunteered to participate
Update – April 29, 2025:
The Answer Assistant experiment has concluded.
Answer Assistant is an experiment in which AI-generated answers are verified, edited, and curated by the community before ...
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