I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn’t help me cheat on anything

Tech evangelists have been yammering about “working smarter, not harder” for years. Now, two 21-year-old Columbia University dropouts are proposing a new $5.3 million twist on the concept: use their AI tool Cluely to “cheat on everything.”

That’s what it literally says in Cluely’s online manifesto: “We want to cheat on everything.” Unlike the AI chatbots you’re familiar with, it describes Cluely as an “undetectable AI-powered assistant built for virtual meetings, sales calls, and more.” It claims to read your screen, listen to your audio, and let you discreetly prompt AI to find answers or whip out smart responses in real-time. Basically, the next time you’re in a team meeting, job interview, sales call, or online test, Cluely promises you’ll come off smarter thanks to AI — and no one will be the wiser.

“Imagine you’re trying to sell someone something and you got this tool that knows every single detail about them, their professional lives, about you, and about your company. It’s as if you’ve done 10 hours of research and all of the sudden, ever …

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