GeekWire

Stack Overflow uses Microsoft AI tech to create a chat bot that assists software developers

A demonstration of Stack Overflow’s new chatbot, built using Microsoft’s AI technology. (GeekWire screenshot) Software developers stuck with a thorny programming problem now have a new option when ...
Forbes

The $1.8 Billion Acquisition Of Stack Overflow Aims To Turbocharge The World’s Software Knowhow

Bob Van Dijk, chief executive officer of Naspers Ltd., hits the gong to signify the opening of trading for new Prosus NV unit of Naspers Ltd., at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange 2019. Photographer: ...
Wired

Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal

On Monday, Stack Overflow and OpenAI announced a new API partnership that will integrate Stack Overflow's technical content with OpenAI's ChatGPT AI assistant. The deal has sparked controversy among ...
Embedded

SOFTWARE TOOLS: StackX helps Developers Avoid Stack Overflow

ESC San Jose, Ca. – Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), here unveiled a new development tool that helps developers avoid stack overflow ...

Research shows experts and contributors leaving online communities amidst silent 'knowledge reset'

AI may have killed Stack Overflow while training on the same platform, as it pushed expert contributors away from the ...
Business Insider

Layoffs hit coding community Stack Overflow as software engineers increasingly shift to AI for help

Coding community Stack Overflow is laying off 28% of its staff amid an ongoing industry shift to AI for software development help that led to a dip in the company's online traffic earlier this year.
Wall Street Journal

Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion

Prosus PRX3.14%increase; up pointing triangle NV said it struck a $1.8 billion deal to acquire Stack Overflow, an online community for software developers, in a bet on growing demand for online tech ...