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Luis von Ahn

05/10/25

@ Stanford Graduate School of Business

We have a lot of data on how people learn on Duolingo, and while we use it to build models, we can probably do more with it to enhance AI progress.

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View From The Top with Luis Von Ahn, Cofounder and CEO of Duolingo

@ Stanford Graduate School of Business

View From The Top with Luis Von Ahn, Cofounder and CEO of Duolingo

05/10/25

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