While not all layoffs were technology-related, the language-learning company did lay off some contractors in late 2023 to make room for changes related to artificial intelligence – mainly when it comes to content creation and sharing – . Duolingo has 24.2 million daily active users, 5.8 million paid subscribers, and offers over 100 courses. The company said no full-time employees were laid off.
Duolingo Max uses GPT-4
In March last year, the company created a new subscription tier – Duolingo Max, which uses the advanced OpenAI GPT-4 language model. Users can engage in conversations with the chatbot to practice their skills and get AI-generated explanations about why a given answer is right or wrong.
Artificial intelligence speeds up our work, helping us create new content much faster
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn wrote in a November shareholder letter.
The company says artificial intelligence will increasingly be used to create sentences for courses, create lists of acceptable translations and review user error reports to correct them more quickly. Duolingo says it still uses humans to review the work done by the AI. “We do not exchange expert knowledge for artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is a tool we use to increase productivity and efficiency, add new content and improve our courses faster so that we can continue to teach at a higher level,” the company said.
Source: Gazeta
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