Policy: Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is banned
20240701_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20240501_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT, DATE APPROXIMATE
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| 1 | 1 | > **Moderator Note:** This post has been locked to prevent comments because people have been using them for protracted debate and discussion (we've deleted over 300 comments on this post alone, not even including its answers). |
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| 3 | > The comment lock is not meant to suppress discussion or prevent users from expressing their opinions. You are (as always) encouraged to vote on this post to express your agreement/disagreement. If you want to discuss this policy further, or suggest other related changes, please [Ask a New Question](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/ask) and use the [chatgpt](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/chatgpt) tag. | |
| 3 | > The comment lock is not meant to suppress discussion or prevent users from expressing their opinions. You are (as always) encouraged to vote on this post to express your agreement/disagreement. If you want to discuss this policy further, or suggest other related changes, please [Ask a New Question](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/ask) and use the [ai-generated-content](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ai-generated-content) tag. | |
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| 5 | 5 | > This question remains [featured](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/featured) because that is still the best (and only) tool we have to announce this policy site-wide. |
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| 7 | 7 | ## _All_ use of generative AI (e.g., [ChatGPT](https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/)1 and other LLMs) is banned when posting content on Stack Overflow. |
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| 9 | 9 | ### This includes "asking" the question to an AI generator then copy-pasting its output _as well as_ using an AI generator to "reword" your answers. |