https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7322560534824865792/
From Duolingo’s CEO :
Duolingo is going to be AI-first. […] We’re not going to rebuild everything overnight, and some things—like getting AI to understand our codebase—will take time.
We’ll be rolling out a few constructive constraints to help guide this shift:
- We’ll gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle
- AI use will be part of what we look for in hiring
- AI use will be part of what we evalute in performance reviews
- Headcount will only be given if a team cannot automate more of their work
- Most functions will have specific initiatives to fundamentally change how they work
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This isn’t about replacing Duos with AI.
Through news wire :
“It used to take a small team years to build a single new course from scratch,” “Now, by using generative AI to create and validate content, we’re able to focus our expertise where it’s most impactful, ensuring every course meets Duolingo’s rigorous quality standards.”
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This expansion allows Duolingo to better serve global learners and meet the growing demand for learning popular Asian languages, like Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin. New course availability includes:
- Latin America: Spanish and Portuguese speakers can now learn Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin.
- Europe: Speakers of fifteen European languages like French, German, Italian, and Spanish can now learn Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin, among other top languages.
- Asia: Speakers of Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Tagalog, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, and Tamil can now learn all of the top seven languages; previously many only had access to learning English.