Anybody who didn’t see this coming up 6th Avenue has tons of Meta® and Google® adds popping up everywhere thanks to their sponsorship, as well. 😉
Users who disagree with having their content scraped by ChatGPT are particularly outraged by Stack Overflow’s rapid flip-flop on its policy concerning generative AI. For years, the site had a standing policy that prevented the use of generative AI in writing or rewording any questions or answers posted. Moderators were allowed and encouraged to use AI-detection software when reviewing posts.
Time to start covering your tracks, people. Gen up a good AI game-plan if you have any valuable intellectual property. Everything’s for sale somewhere. Think AI hallucinations might be an issue?
Stack Overflow users sabotage their posts after OpenAI deal.