Questions tagged [ai-assist]
For questions about AI Assist, the AI-powered conversational search and discovery tool accessible from the left sidebar on non-Meta sites and hosted on Stack Overflow.
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AI assist will lower site engagement, needs vote buttons
AI assist lacking vote buttons adds an extra barrier between finding an answer useful and upvoting said answer and its associated question. That may not seem like much but I hypothesize very few ...
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How do staff officially reconcile AI Assist with the reasons of the generative AI ban, as given in Stack Overflow policy?
I would like clarification on Stack Overflow's current stance (as of December 3rd, 2025) regarding the reliability of LLMs.
The ban on posting AI content, according to the SO Help Centre, is motivated ...
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AI assist doesn't care about getting the right answer
Out of curiosity I asked the AI a question I asked and self answered a few years back to see if it would properly attribute the response:
How do I create a Jetpack Compose spacer with weight and min ...
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Close button doesn't close the Share chat dialog in AI Assist
So I opened the AI to abuse it. I noticed there is a Share button, I clicked on it, I found nothing interesting, so I clicked the close button.
Interestingly nothing happens, the dialog doesn't close.
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AI Assist notification is SPAM
You already have the AI assist block. I'm very much (whatever) about it.
But no, that wasn't enough for you. You just had to send out a notification. That notification is spam. It should never have ...
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What's the point of lab experiments if the feedback is going to get ignored anyway?
Disgusted with the new "feature" https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/12/02/introducing-stack-overflow-ai-assist-a-tool-for-the-modern-developer/?cb=1
That was so well discussed: Labs experiment ...
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Disable new 'what do you want to learn today' block
How can I disable this new 'what do you want to learn today' block at the top of the home-page?
The 3 widgets already waste a lot of space. I don't need another widget I'll never use.
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Is stackoverflow.ai a scam? The URLs don't seem right
I got an email leading to that supposed AI. First I laughed and thought: "they finally surrender" LOL.
Then I saw the URLs in the site aren't "quite right". Then checked meta and ...
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How to remove "AI Assist (Labs)" from all pages?
How would you completely hide/remove/disable "AI Assist (Labs)" from all pages? Is there any explicit or hidden option anywhere in settings?
Currently, I am using custom styles and ad-...
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