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.

  • tomi000@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Thats the circle of life. A product becomes so successful it has complete monopoly of its specific nieche, they start milking for every cent, it gets replaced by 10 similar products and becomes completely irrelevant.