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 people to do the type of work some of these contractors were doing,” a Duolingo spokesperson told the media outlet. “Part of that could be attributed to AI.” Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn said in a November letter to shareholders th ...