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"Duolingo CEO: 'Itโ€™s not me, itโ€™s the AI!' ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’” #Misunderstood #NotClickbait #DuolingoDrama"

August 17, 2025
about 7 hours ago
TechCrunch
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๐Ÿšจ BREAKING: Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn drops BOMBSHELL about that spicy AI memo that had folks shaking in their language-learning boots! ๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿ’ฅ But hold up, famโ€”he claims we ALL misunderstood! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’ญ Dude said they're going FULL AI mode, and the internet collectively went โ€œNO CAP, what do you mean you're swapping out our beloved owl for a chatbot?!โ€ ๐Ÿฆ‰โžก๏ธ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’€ The backlash was REAL. People were like Drake pointing at their love for human teachers ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™‚๏ธ and simultaneously like โ€œThis is fineโ€ while setting their subscription on FIRE! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’” ๐Ÿ’ฌ *โ€œI didnโ€™t provide enough context,โ€* said von Ahn, probably while sitting on a throne made of all the usersโ€™ subscription fees. ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ‘‘ Meanwhile, the Duolingo owl is peeking through the window like: โ€œUm, guys, Iโ€™m still here, right?!โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚ In the depths of their **AI-first** world, are we gearing up for an army of robotic language-teaching overlords? Will we soon be having deep philosophical conversations with a #$%ing chatbot named LinguaBot 3000? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ Hot Take: In five years, you might be dodging AI-generated translations like they're the new TikTok dances! ๐Ÿคก Get ready for the *future* where even language lessons come with a side of chaos! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ˜‚ #StayWoke #DuolingoDrama

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