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Arstechnica: Stack Overflow users sabotage their posts after OpenAI deal.
Anti-AI users who change or delete answers in protest are being punished.
However, the deal has sparked controversy among Stack Overflow's user community, with many expressing anger and protest over the use of their contributed content to support and train AI models. It was also widely reported last year that ChatGPT's popularity had severely reduced Stack Overflow's traffic, though the company seemed to later refute that, claiming faulty analysis by outsiders. Since the announcement, some users have attempted to alter or delete their Stack Overflow posts in protest, arguing that the move steals the labor of those who contributed to the platform without a way to opt out.
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