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AI is driving experts away from online communities, research finds

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12.07.2026

Monthly questions on Stack Overflow have dropped nearly 76% since ChatGPT launched in 2022, but the more troubling trend is who's leaving.

A new University of Auckland study finds it's disproportionately the platform's most skilled, highest-reputation contributors abandoning ship, and generative AI appears to be accelerating their exit.

Business school researcher Dr Kenny Ching tracked 24,304 Stack Overflow contributors over 17 months, finding that high-reputation users........

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