Duolingo lays off contractors as it starts relying more on AI

Duolingo has cut 10 percent of its contractors and using AI tools to handle the tasks they used to do, Bloomberg reports. "We just no longer need as many people to do the type of work some of these contractors were doing," a spokesperson told the news organization without saying what they did for the company exactly. "Part of that could be attributed to AI." 

As Bloomberg notes, Chief Executive Officer Luis von Ahn told shareholders in November that the …

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