Over the weekend, amid the backlash, Duolingo deleted all of its posts on Instagram ... the chatbot answered that AI is ...

Language-learning app Duolingo has been leaning heavily into AI. The company with an owl mascot temporarily replaced its CEO with an AI avatar on an earnings call last year —and evenmore ...

While several startups and older tech giants are pivoting towards AI, there’s an unprecedented scale of layoffs happening ...

The company behind the wildly popular phenomenon says artificial intelligence has helped it build 150 new courses in a year. But at what cost?

“It’s just a lot more scalable to teach with AI than ... a teacher just can’t track for 30 students at once,” he said. In his view, students in the future might “Duolingo” their ...

Duolingo is "going to be AI-first," the educational technology company announced, adding that it is replacing contract workers with artificial intelligence. In an all-hands email from CEO Luis von ...

In late April and early May 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn said the language-learning app would become "AI-first" and replace contractors with artificial ...

Over the weekend, amid the backlash, Duolingo deleted all of its ... that AI is better used in addition to teachers, and not as a replacement. "AI can enhance teaching by taking over routine ...

Duolingo’s CFO made similar comments last year, saying, “AI helps us replicate what a good teacher does”—things like helping a student “learn material, stay engaged, know where your ...

And while one of the Duolingo-funded studies from 2025 ... the chatbot answered that AI is better used in addition to teachers, and not as a replacement. AI can enhance teaching by taking ...