Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announced plans for the firm to become yet another "AI-first" company, meaning more of the technology ...

In late April and early May 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn said the language-learning app would become "AI-first" and replace contractors with artificial ...

Duolingo, a popular platform for learning various languages, announced it will be adding 148 new courses to its arsenal on Wednesday. The new courses were created using generative artificial ...

Duolingo will phase out contractors for tasks AI can manage. The company is shifting to an AI-first model to scale its operations. Performance reviews will also be assessed using AI technology ...

Duolingo is set to replace existing contract workers with AI, the company revealed in a memo this week. Signaling his commitment to making Duolingo “AI-first,” co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn ...

Duo the Owl, Duolingo's make-believe mascot, is alive. The language-learning app announced on Monday that the mascot had faked his death. Duolingo announced two weeks ago that the mascot was ...

He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Duolingo will soon be able to help you learn another new skill: chess. The platform’s new chess course will use short puzzles ...

Duolingo, the world’s most popular learning app, is adding a new subject to its curriculum: Chess. Now in early testing, the Chess course marks the company’s first new subject since launching ...

Duolingo launched a beta version of a chess course on Tuesday, April 22. The new, free course teaches users how each chess piece moves through short puzzles, lead by the app's in-game chess coach ...

According to Zaria Parvez, Duolingo’s senior global social media manager, the idea stemmed from the company’s routine biannual app icon updates, typically resulting in a spike in new users.

Duolingo staged its owl mascot's death for a marketing stunt — except in Japan. The campaign reflects Duolingo's non-traditional and country-specific marketing. Marketing efforts helped boost ...

At least it did until, in a masterstroke of shock marketing, Duolingo “killed” its own mascot earlier this month. The campaign, which began with a simple app icon change and rapidly escalated ...