Duolingo’s new emo AI chatbot briefly replaces CEO on investor call

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Duolingo has been embedding artificial intelligence as an online educational tool for learning foreign languages, collaborating with OpenAI since 2022.

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00:00Duolingo has found an innovative way for users to learn new languages,

00:03and it's with an emo AI chatbot. Meet Lily.

00:07Oh, hey. How's your job going?

00:10With her purple hair, sarcastic tone, and classic eye roll,

00:14she perfectly fits the role of a bored teenager.

00:16During the company's third quarter earnings call,

00:18Lily briefly stepped in for co-founder and CEO Luis Van An to summarize the results in a quick video.

00:24It was meant to demonstrate the new generative AI product that lets users

00:27practice speaking with what Duolingo calls a sassy conversational partner in an unscripted

00:32manner. And this approach seems to work as Lily is the second most popular character

00:36after Duo the Owl. According to the company, her humor and wit make the experience memorable

00:41and unpredictable, keeping users engaged.

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