programmerQuestion and answer platform Stack Overflow The official website announced on February 29 that Stack Overflow and Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership to bring generative AI to millions of developers.
Stack Overflow and Google Cloud will provide a unified platform for developers to collaborate on content and analytics with the Stack Overflow platform, Google Cloud Console, and Gemini for Google Cloud Providing developers with next-generation AI-driven capabilities.
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Specifically, Google Cloud will integrate Gemini for Google Cloud with Stack Overflow to help surface important knowledge base information and coding assistance features to developers.
Google Cloud will also surface Stack Overflow-verified technical knowledge directly in the Google Cloud Console.Give developers access to the knowledge and code contributed by millions of developers on the Stack Overflow platform over 15 years.
“This collaboration brings together our enterprise AI platform with the deepest and most popular developer knowledge platform available today,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud. “Google Cloud and Stack Overflow will help developers use AI more effectively in their favorite platforms, combining the deep knowledge of the Stack Overflow community with new AI capabilities powered by Vertex AI and Google Cloud’s secure infrastructure.”
Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO of Stack Overflow, said: "In the era of artificial intelligence, Stack Overflow has always believed that a trusted and accurate data foundation will be at the core of building technology solutions. Millions of developers around the world come to Stack Overflow, and our platform is one of the few sources of high-quality information in the community. By combining the strengths of both companies, we can accelerate innovation in various industries."
Gemini for Google Cloud will take advantage of the new OverflowAPI Provide developers with advice, code, and answers from Stack Overflow.
In addition, Stack Overflow plans to leverage the AI capabilities provided by Google Cloud to improve its community participation experience and content management process. The use of Google Cloud AI technology is expected to speed up the content approval process and further optimize the forum participation experience for Stack Overflow users.
The first set of integrations and features between Stack Overflow and Gemini for Google Cloud will be available in the Launching in the first half of 2024, and will be previewed at Google Cloud Next from April 9 to 11.
Stack Overflow previously cracked down on the proliferation of generative AI and other content in the community, and stated that ChatGPT-like tools that use Stack Overflow data for training need to be paid. As the AI wave is unstoppable, Stack Overflow also launched its own OverflowAI code tool last year.