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.