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How Stack Overflow is innovating to keep up with AI disruption 

Large language models, trained on public data, have pushed Stack Overflow toward an existential crisis.
July 25, 2025

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

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Stack Overflow has long since been known as the developer’s online water cooler – a popular Q&A website holding a vast repository of code snippets, engineering discussions, and expert knowledge. But large language models, trained on public data, largely displace the need for developers to visit website forums. Facing a steep decline in comments, Stack Overflow has met an existential crisis.

While some recent moves aim to protect public IP from being scraped by LLMs, many still question the viability of Stack Overflow at large.

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