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CMOs See Big Benefits From AI-Driven Customer Insights
artificial intelligence // January 12, 2024

CES 2024 was more than an occasion to introduce new gadgets, robots and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven product development. Turns out that marketers want to play in the AI sandbox as well, and CMOs turned out in force in Las Vegas to share ideas and discuss...

AI’s Future Is Becoming Indistinguishable From the Future of Work
artificial intelligence // January 09, 2024

As the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven workforce takes shape, an emerging downstream impact is a new perspective on historic, traditionally labor-centric, cost structures as firms chase AI-fueled efficiencies. This, as Marietje Schaake, international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and a former member of the European Parliament,...

Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors While Expanding Use of AI 
Artificial Intelligence // January 08, 2024

Duolingo has cut about 10% of its contractors due to its use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to create content.  The maker of software for learning languages has been shifting tasks from staff to AI tools, Bloomberg reported Monday (Jan. 8).  “We just no longer need as many...

Duolingo Drives 160% Two-Year Subscriber Growth With Constant Tinkering
Subscriptions // November 10, 2023

Duolingo is seeing subscription growth, launching new tiers and constantly testing new features and enhancements to drive revenue and lifetime value (LTV). The company shared in its third-quarter 2023 earnings report Wednesday (Nov. 8) that total paid subscribers increased by 60% year over year to...

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CMOs See Big Benefits From AI-Driven Customer Insights

January 12, 2024
CES 2024 was more than an occasion to introduce new gadgets, robots and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven product development. Turns out that marketers want to play in the AI sandbox as well, and CMOs turned out in force in Las Vegas to share ideas and discuss its benefits to consumers. “We’re in a unique position as […]

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Duolingo Credits GenAI for 54% Leap in Paid Subscribers

May 10, 2024
Duolingo reportedly credits generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features for the 54% leap in paid subscribers it recorded in the first quarter. “What we’re seeing is that people are willing to pay even more to learn a language through generative AI,” Matt Skaruppa, chief financial officer at Duolingo, told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in an interview posted Friday (May 10). Duolingo, […]

Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors While Expanding Use of AI 

January 08, 2024
Duolingo has cut about 10% of its contractors due to its use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to create content.  The maker of software for learning languages has been shifting tasks...