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Re:Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails by djeastm on Monday May 26, 2025 @07:13PM (#44102473)
I think they're going for the idea that it's an addictive mobile app engineered by a 23 billion dollar publicly-traded company ostensibly meant to help people learn but focused nowadays on extracting money as fast as possible.

It's not like it's a local school helping out students.

Re:Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails by next_xibalba on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @04:29PM (#44120365)
OK, sure, but that seems a very far cry from "techno fascist".