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Google Translate takes on Duolingo with new language learning tools

Google is rolling out a new AI-powered experimental feature in Google Translate designed to help people practice and learn a new language, the company announced on Tuesday. Translate is also gaining new live capabilities to make it easier to communicate in real time with a person speaking a different language. The new language practice feature … Read more

Duolingo CEO admits his controversial AI memo ‘did not give enough context’ and insists the company never laid off full-time employees

After Duolingo received backlash for its “AI-first” staff memo posted on LinkedIn this April—conjuring worries of mass layoffs—the company’s CEO, Luis Von Ahn, is setting the record straight. Now, the executive has doubled down that he doesn’t intend to “lay off humans.”  “This was on me. I did not give enough context,” von Ahn told … Read more

Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood

While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn was loudly criticized this year after declaring that Duolingo would become an “AI-first company,” he suggested in a new interview the real issue was that he “did not give enough context.” “Internally, this was not controversial,” von Ahn told The New York Times. “Externally, as a publicly traded company … Read more

The backlash against Duolingo going ‘AI-first’ didn’t even matter

Duolingo announced on Wednesday that it beat its quarterly revenue estimates, even though the company faced widespread backlash for choosing to embrace generative AI over human workers. Duolingo stock rose almost 30% on the news. In April, CEO Luis von Ahn shared that Duolingo would become an “AI-first” company, phasing out its use of contract … Read more

Duolingo (DUOL) Q2 earnings 2025

A Duolingo logo is seen on a smartphone. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Duolingo shares skyrocketed more than 30% after the language-learning platform boosted its guidance due to strong user growth driven by artificial intelligence. The mobile learning platform hiked its full-year guidance to between $1.01 billion and $1.02 billion, up from a … Read more

Duolingo CEO walks back AI-first comments: ‘I do not see AI as replacing what our employees do’ 

A week after declaring that AI would eventually replace contract workers at the language-learning app, Duolingo’s CEO said the company was “continuing to hire” and would support its existing workers in getting up to speed on the technology. It follows buzzy startup Klarna in backing off an AI-first promise. Language-learning app Duolingo has become the … Read more

Duolingo launches 148 courses created with AI after sharing plans to replace contractors with AI

Duolingo is introducing 148 new language courses that were created with generative AI, the company announced on Wednesday. The launch comes as Duolingo has been facing backlash this week after sharing that it was going to replace contractors with AI and become an “AI-first” company. The company says the launch of the new courses doubles … Read more

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