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AI causing major usage collapses across popular internet sites including StackOverflow

8 August 2026 · in 80 words

AI causing major usage collapses across popular internet sites including StackOverflow

Stack Overflow saw new developer questions drop by 98.5% after ChatGPT launched, as AI began answering the questions people used to ask. Chegg, a homework company, lost half its value in one day after mentioning ChatGPT, while freelance platform Fiverr fell 71% over two years.

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