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Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Anyone who’s taken language ...
Duolingo's decision to replace contractors with AI has sparked a wave of user outrage and public pledges to quit the app.
Duolingo won’t get you fluent, and you don’t need a little green owl harassing you. However, for me, inching closer each day to understanding a native speaker without panicking is worth the ...
The gamified, owl-mascoted language learning app Duolingo is completing its "AI-first" pivot — and replacing all its human contractors along the way. In an all-hands email that was later posted ...
What once was seen as a beloved meme across the internet is now seen as one of Gen Z’s enemies. What changed overnight? Did ...
Duolingo is broadening its horizons, adding a chess course to its educational repertoire. The language-learning app, known for its feisty owl mascot, launched an initial version of a chess course ...
We're not going to do that," he said. Duo the owl can't teach everything. Duolingo's CEO, Luis von Ahn, said the company has three criteria to decide what subjects to add. The app started with ...
Wait…Duolingo has LORE?! After many requests from the community, we are FINALLY taking a deep dive into how this language learning app and its owl mascot may not be as innocent as it appears.
For over a decade, Duolingo has been in the hearts of many people as the green owl has joked, threatened, and memed its way into the internet history books. However, Gen Z and Millennials' love ...
Anyone who has taken language lessons on the Duolingo app is certainly familiar with the Duolingo owl, Duo. If you skip out on lessons, Duo will ping you to come back. Get ready to receive those ...