Stack Overflow, the online Q&A site for programmers, today announced a new partnership with OpenAI. The companies aim to improve AI using Stack Overflow’s technical data. According to the relationship, they will collaborate in several key areas to improve both platforms.

under A new agreement, OpenAI will use the Stack Overflow API to access more than 15 years of technical questions and answers on the site. This data will help OpenAI improve the GPT model by grounding it in real-world coding problems and solutions. The AI ​​will also be programmed to attribute answers directly to their authors on Stack Overflow.

Additionally, Stack Overflow will use OpenAI’s GPT model internally to build new features. One example is OverflowAI, a tool that enables site search and discovery. Stack Overflow says it can determine how best to use AI to present the most relevant information to users.

• OpenAI will use Stack Overflow’s OverflowAPI product and collaborate with Stack Overflow to improve model performance for developers using their products. This integration will help OpenAI improve its AI models through improved content and feedback from the Stack Overflow community and provide attribution to the Stack Overflow community within ChatGPT to foster deeper engagement with content.
• Stack Overflow will use OpenAI models as part of their development of OverflowAI and will work with OpenAI to leverage insights from internal testing to maximize the performance of OpenAI models. OpenAI’s partnership with Stack Overflow will help further its mission to empower the world to develop technology through collective knowledge, as Stack Overflow can create better products that benefit the health, growth and engagement of the Stack Exchange community.

Both companies will share insights to improve their systems. OpenAI aims to provide solutions to large-scale coding problems through access to Stack Overflow’s knowledge base. And Stack Overflow hopes to reward community members while creating innovative tools to improve the developer experience.

The first joint integrations from the partnership are expected to launch in mid-2024. Stack Overflow says the deal will also enable long-term reinvestment in community-focused products.

Stack Overflow has experimented with AI integration. It started in April building Reward models contribute to knowledge sharing. the company worked as well with Google to improve its language models, such as Gemini, with Stack Overflow’s technical data.