Chegg and StackOverflow were both basically destroyed by LLMs, what other websites / companies have already seen their traffic go to 0 because of LLMs?
Summary
The article highlights how large language models have severely reduced traffic to Q&A platforms like Chegg and StackOverflow, and speculates which other websites may face similar collapse soon.
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