STACK OVERFLOW USERS DON'T TRUST AI. THEY'RE USING IT ANYWAY

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AI created an "existential moment" for Stack Overflow. In response, CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar led a pivot, turning the company into primarily an enterprise SaaS business providing AI-based solutions and establishing a data licensing operation with major AI labs. Despite over 80% of users wanting to use AI for code-related topics, only 29% trust it, so Stack Overflow banned AI-generated answers on its public platform while also launching AI Assist, which prioritizes its trusted human-curated content.