WF-RE48EY
Stack Overflow users protest OpenAI deal by sabotaging posts, get banned
Stack Overflow announced a partnership with OpenAI to integrate user-contributed content into ChatGPT. In protest, some users attempted to delete or deface their answers. Stack Overflow staff allegedly banned these users and reverted the changes. The conflict remains unresolved, with users accusing Stack Overflow of using their labour without consent.
- Date it happened
- 2024-05-06
- Organisation involved
- Stack Overflow
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT
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