Stack Overflow Puts Community First in New AI Search Tool

Stack Overflow has announced the general availability of AI Assist, a conversational AI search tool that prioritizes human-verified community knowledge over pure large language model (LLM) responses. The GA release follows a successful beta launch at WeAreDevelopers 2025.

With the advent of generative AI (GenAI), some folks looked at Stack Overflow as perhaps cooked. However, the company is not going out without a fight. In fact, it’s not going out at all, said Jody Bailey, Stack Overflow’s chief product and technology…