When Duolingo launched in 2012, the language-learning app became the poster child of gamification. The app is shameless and magnificent in its efforts to get users hooked on lessons with streaks, ...

I have long remembered a conversation I had 20 years ago with one of my professors, an expert in what we then called artificial intelligence, which, in many ways, is wildly different to what we now ...

Google Translate is getting a couple of upgrades that give it a serious functional boost. The mobile app now enables back-and-forth chats in real time with voice and on-screen text translations. The ...

Google Translate can now generate language lessons using AI. The lessons let you practice listening to or speaking your target language. In addition, Google Translate now has real-time live ...

Google’s experiment attempts to solve this problem using AI to help personalize language learning. “Learning a new spoken language… often happens in a vacuum—through textbooks or exercises that feel ...

If you’re brushing up on a foreign language for an upcoming trip or trying to survive your first yoga class abroad without relying on Google Translate, Google’s new Little Language Lessons tool might ...

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Professor AI? Duolingo Creates 148 Courses Using Generative AI Looking to pick up a new language this year? Duolingo's new AI lessons will mainly benefit beginners, but you'll be able to tap into more ...

Thanks to some smart (and aggressive) marketing, Duolingo has cemented itself as one of the most popular language learning apps in the world. That said, it isn't without competition: There are plenty ...