Cluely AI app will let you «cheat on anything»

The new AI startup is founded by Chungin “Roy” Lee and Neel Shanmugam, who recently made waves for using AI to cheat at Columbia University and at Amazon. Now they are going pro with a new app, hidden from even screen recorders.

AI cheating is, of course, a huge problem at schools and colleges and even for remote job interviews already, with many returning to in-person, written exams, and now these two are taking it to the next level.

Having secured $5.3 million in funding, Cluely can grind on for while with the app you can use to «cheat» on job interviews, virtual video calls and sales meetings, writes TechCrunch.

«We want to cheat on everything»
— Sales calls. Meetings. Negotiations. If there’s a faster way to win — we’ll take it, they say in their manifesto. And continue:

— We built so you never have to think alone again. It sees your screen. Hears your audio. Feeds you answers in real time. While others guess — you’re already right.

In fact, you can use it in any situation where you need your AI window to be hidden and only available to you.

The app will read the screen and hear your audio, and then uses standard command keys to fool even keyloggers, giving you responses in a floating window.

There are of course more nefarious uses for this tech, and that is the main selling point for the app: You can use AI to cheat on anything, even on systems that are recording screens or keyboard taps.

Is that wise?
The app install process is fraught with security risks, though. Cluely wants permission to record your screen and monitor your audio channels — something that’s not recommended for software you do not trust, and the free version offers only limited responses.

For someone who boasts about cheating, you might ask yourself if these are the people you really want to trust with recording screens and listening to mikes.

To get the full version with all its perks, you’ll have take up a $20 monthly subscription — which is about what you’d pay for a ChatGPT membership.

According to TechCrunch, Cluely surpassed $3 million in ARR – or Annual Recurring Revenue – this month, so there is clearly a market for this tech.

Read more Cluely’s home page and the TechCrunch writeup