In April, we shared how Stack Overflow is approaching the future of AI/ML and our products. But you might not realize that we’ve already used AI/ML

More on our AI future: building course recommendations and a new data platform

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In April, we shared how Stack Overflow is approaching the future of AI/ML and our products. But you might not realize that we’ve already used AI/ML to build or improve Stack Overflow’s products and features.

Every day Stack Overflow helps all types of developers learn new skills by answering their questions or helping them discover new solutions and approaches. We also know that learning is hard. Oftentimes, users don’t know what questions to ask – they don’t know what they don’t know. That’s why earlier this year, we were excited to announce more ways to learn and grow your skills with our online course recommendations. This new native advertising product recommended online courses that were selected based on the content a user viewed or is currently viewing and provided them with a structured learning path that was relevant to what they wanted to learn.

The following post dives deep into how we designed and built the recommendation system and how it has laid the foundation for other AI/ML initiatives at Stack Overflow.