The AI tool to help you ‘cheat on everything'
Using artificial intelligence to cheat in a job interview got Chungin Lee kicked out of Columbia University. Mere weeks later, he has raised more than $5 million toward a startup to level the playing field — with an AI tool that promises to help anyone 'cheat on everything'.
Cluely is an undetectable desktop app that scans text and audio to generate answers during live conversations. Unlike ChatGPT, which searches the internet for data, Cluely analyses only information available on users' computer screens.
Lee, 21, Cluely's co-founder, described the app as a virtual companion that 'knows everything about you, sees what you see, hears what you hear'. The San Francisco-based startup has raised $5.3 million from venture capital firms, and attracted about 70,000 users who pay
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