Duolingo, the popular free language-learning platform, launched three language "tutors" in its iOS app today, marketing the AI-powered chatbots as a way of helping users learn a new language without having to pay for expensive lessons. Users can text back and forth to practice a new language, giving learners an eternally patient, nonjudgmental, on-demand instructor.
Chatbots, the services you interact with via a chat interface like Facebook messenger, have been hailed as the next big thing in tech. People are now using messenger apps more than social media networks, which means app developers are increasingly turning to bots to help their users access a wide range of services. Major companies like Facebook and Microsoft are trying to...
via The Verge
