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Is Duolingo the face of an AI jobs crisis? | TechCrunch

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Duolingo cut around 10% of its contractor workforce at the end of 2023 , and another round of cuts in October 2024 .

This is not the same as SkyNet -esque robot jobs apocalypse, says Merchant .

This crisis is really a series of management decisions being made by executives seeking to cut labor costs, he says.

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