Rhetoric, Writing, and AI

Author: ecuellar

  • “The backlash against Duolingo going ‘AI-first’ didn’t even matter”

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    Silberling, Amanda. “The backlash against Duolingo going ‘AI-first’ didn’t even matter”. TechCrunch. 7 August 2025. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/the-backlash-against-duolingo-going-ai-first-didnt-even-matter/ Duolingo shared that they beat its quarterly revenue estimates, even after the company faces major backlash for opting for AI over humans. It was back in April, that Duolingo CEO, Luis von Ahn, “shared that Duolingo would become an…

  • “Amazon cutting 14,000 jobs as the retailing giant embraces AI”

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    Picchi, Aimee. “Amazon cutting 14,000 jobs as the retailing giant embraces AI”. CBS News. 28 October 2025. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-layoffs-14000-job-cuts-ai/ As the title states, Amazon is cutting 14,000 jobs so it can focus more on AI and “lower its wage bill”. Amazon’s CEO, Andy Jassy, even saying that by them investing in AI, it would allow them…

  • “Meta Raises Its Spending Forecast on A.I. to Above $70 Billion”

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    Tan, Eli. “Meta Raises Its Spending Forecast on A.I. to Above $70 Billion”. The New York Times. 29 October 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/technology/meta-spending-ai.html Meta announced it raised its capital expenditure forecast for the year from an estimated $66 to $72 billion to a new estimate of $70 to $72 billion. Meta states most of this spending will…

  • “Hollywood’s Newest Actress is AI-Generated”

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    “Hollywood’s Newest Actress is AI-Generated”. YouTube, uploaded by Inside Edition, 30 September 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urKfqv_L680 Hollywood’s newest celebrity actress, Tilly Norwood, is actually AI generated. Her creator is a Dutch comedian that states “multiple talent agents have shown interest in signing the AI actress”. Many current actors are worrying about what this news may do to…

  • “Trump posted about a medical conspiracy theory called ‘medbeds.’ Here’s what’s going on.”

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    Goldberg, Alyssa. “Trump posted about a medical conspiracy theory called ‘medbeds.’ Here’s what’s going on.” USA Today, 29 September 2025. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/09/29/trump-medbeds-ai-health-misinformation/86423039007/ Current President, Donald Trump, had apparently shared a video to his truth Social account promoting “medbeds”; which he later deleted. Medbeds, a QAnon rooted conspiracy theory, where it claims to be a cure-all-ills medical…