Open AI has entered into a strategic partnership with Stack Overflow that would bring reliable coding information from the developer platform into its models.

Key highlights of the partnership:

1. OpenAI will employ Stack Overflow’s OverflowAPI tool and collaborate with the company to model performance for developers using their products. The integration aims at refining OpenAI’s AI models by incorporating relevant content and feedback from the Stack Overflow community.

2. In return, Stack Overflow will integrate Open AI models to develop Overflow AI and utilize insights from internal testing to optimize performance of Open AI models.

Under the partnership, OpenAI’s flagship chatbot will leverage Stack Overflow’s OverflowAPI suite of tools to enhance its ability to answer coding-related queries. The coding queries on ChatGPT will fetch information directly from the coding platform.

Further, Stack Overflow will use OpenAI’s large language models to expand its Overflow AI, the generative AI application it announced last year. Overflow AI would add AI-powered natural language search to Stack Overflow.

“Through this industry-leading partnership with OpenAI, we strive to redefine the developer experience, fostering efficiency and collaboration through the power of community, best-in-class data, and AI experiences,” said Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO of Stack Overflow.

OpenAI Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap says, “Learning from as many languages, cultures, subjects, and industries as possible ensures that our models can serve everyone.”

“The developer community is particularly important to both of us. Our deep partnership with Stack Overflow will help us enhance the user and developer experience on both our platforms,” Lightcap adds.