{"id":269865,"date":"2024-01-08T11:13:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T16:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=323754"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:16:03","slug":"duolingo-would-have-fired-almost-all-of-its-employees-to-replace-them-with-an-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/duolingo-would-have-fired-almost-all-of-its-employees-to-replace-them-with-an-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"[Updated] Duolingo would have fired almost all of its employees… to replace them with an AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is the most important language learning application in the world, millions of people use it daily to learn new languages. Its usefulness is undeniable and its gamification of learning has helped millions of users around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But now a big shadow looms over it.<\/strong> At least if we pay attention to the information that has been appearing on social media these days. According to these, Duolingo would be firing all its translators.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How? But if it’s a language learning app and these are necessary”. Well, it seems that artificial intelligence does an equally good and much cheaper job… or so they believe at Luis von Ahn’s company. A few months ago they proudly showcased their GPT-4 integration, and now it seems they are laying off dozens of workers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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