Posted 1/9/2024, 9:03:00 PM
Duolingo Lays Off 10% of Contractors, Shifts More Work to AI
- Duolingo laid off around 10% of its contract workers to rely more on AI for content generation and reviews
- No full-time Duolingo employees were laid off; the company tried to find alternate roles for affected contractors
- Duolingo has 24.2 million daily active users and launched an AI-powered subscription tier in March 2022
- The company will increasingly use AI to create content, translations, and review user error reports faster
- Duolingo joins other tech companies like Chegg and Dropbox in laying off some staff to focus more on AI