The large language models behind Google Gemini and other popular AI tools have proved particularly adept at translation. Duolingo certainly believes the technology has big potential for language learning.

Following the CEO’s announcement that Duolingo would be ‘AI-first,’ the company is launching 148 new language courses. Duolingo is “more than doubling” the number of courses it has available, a feat it says was only possible because it used generative AI to help create them in “less than a year.”

The new tools use generative AI to offer personalized language learning. You can describe situations to get relevant phrases or snap a photo to find words for objects in it.