“Duolingo Embraces AI: Cuts 10% of Contractor Workforce”
Duolingo is the latest company to cite AI as a reason for job cuts.
The company confirmed it cut around 10% of its contractor workforce at the end of 2023, as it turns to AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 to streamline content production and translations.
“The reason [Duolingo] gave is that AI can come up with content and translations, alternative translations, and pretty much anything else translators did.
Duolingo also has its own proprietary AI model, “Birdbrain” that personalizes lesson content.
Understandably, both the contractors and Duolingo users were upset by the job cuts, as it adds to the ever-growing fear that AI will replace human workers.
