Duolingo previously said it would replace its contract workers with AI.

A week after declaring that AI would eventually replace contract workers at the language-learning app, Duolingo’s CEO said the company was “continuing to hire” and would support its existing workers in getting up to speed on the technology.

It follows buzzy startup Klarna in backing off an AI-first promise.

Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO, took to LinkedIn on Thursday to walk back a previous stance pushing AI use over human employees.

  • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    16 days ago

    It’s temporary in the sense that 2 years ago, this stuff barely worked. We might be at a plateau of compute, but Deep Seek did highlight that gains may be possible through design rather than compute.

    This is not the end of history. In even 5 years what we’re all using now will be cringe garbage.