Stack Overflow, following Reddit, will start taking money from companies that train their neural networks on data from a popular developer forum.
The CEO of the Stack Overflow project, Prashant Chandrasekara, explained that communities on whose data neural networks learn should be compensated for their contribution. “Companies like us could reinvest that money back into our communities. We support Reddit's approach," Chandrasekara said.
Stack Overflow is still discussing the details of monetization. The company is looking into Reddit's strategy on the matter and will consult with potential customers, some of whom have already approached about accessing data through paid channels. Meanwhile, Stack Overflow and Reddit will continue to license data for free to select developers and companies.
Stack Overflow has been around since 2008. The developer forum has over 51 million unique monthly active users.
In December 2022, Stack Overflow temporarily banned users from sharing responses from the ChatGPT chatbot, as some of them were incorrect, and moderators could not quickly verify this.
On April 18, Reddit announced API changes that will limit the free use of the platform's content for learning AI tools, including the models behind OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard, and Microsoft's Bing AI.
The company explained that the new terms will affect developers who use the API in other ways that require "greater usage rights", such as training large language models. They will need to enter into a separate agreement with Reddit. The cost of access to the API has not yet been specified.
Reddit plans to keep the API free for some use cases, such as developers building moderation tools or using the platform in education and research environments.
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