Overflow API will allow the generative AI model to mine the Stack Overflow knowledge base when providing coding assistance to developers in Google Cloud.

In contrast, OverflowAPI is an API service that provides continuous access to Stack Overflow’s public dataset to train and fine-tune large language models.

Stack Overflow’s decision to seek compensation from companies tapping its data, part of a broader generative AI strategy, has not been previously reported.

Stack Overflow, a site where developers can ask and answer coding questions, has temporarily banned the use of text generated from ChatGPT, a chatbot released by Open AI last week. ChatGPT is ...