In 2012, he created and launched Duolingo, a free science-based language education learning platform and app for users. In his early 20s, he developed “Captcha'' and “reCaptcha”, the online tools that make it possible to differentiate between real users and computer bots for which, along with his work on human computation, he won he won the MacArthur Fellowship award at the age of 27, in 2006. von Ahn, a university professor of computer science and a serial inventor, saw the benefits of the Internet as a tool to harness people’s brainpower early on. We believe that the best way to reduce economic inequality is through education,” says Luis von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo. The two biggest problems facing humanity are global warming and economic inequality. “Our mission goes beyond language learning. While Duolingo now ranks among the top language learning apps, its sights are set more broadly on tackling the world’s toughest challenges.

Its mission is to develop the world’s best educational app and to make it universally available. It has since become a hugely popular language-learning platform. Inspired by the potential of technology to deliver learning opportunities to people around the world, Duolingo, entered the educational technology field (Ed Tech) ten years ago. Science-based language education learning To harness people’s brainpower through his Luis von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo, is on a mission Since 2012, the Duolingo app and its owl mascot Duo, have made learning a language an enjoyable experience for over 500 million learners in 194 countries with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Have you ever wanted to become fluent in a foreign language? Technology has made language learning accessible to everyone.

Duolingo: learning a new language with an AI owl

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