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Cluely, an AI startup that uses a hidden in-browser window to analyze online conversations, has shot to fame with the controversial claim that its \u2018undetectability\u2019 feature lets users \u201ccheat on everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s co-founder, Roy Lee, was suspended from Columbia University<\/a> for boasting that he used Cluely, originally called Interview Coder, to \u201ccheat\u201d on a coding test when he was applying for a developer job at Amazon.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, another Columbia University student, Patrick Shen, announced on X that he had built Truely<\/a>, a product designed to help catch \u201ccheaters\u201d who use Cluely. Marketing itself as an \u201canti-Cluely,\u201d Truely claims it can detect the use of unauthorized applications by interviewees or others during online meetings.<\/p>\n But Truely\u2019s launch didn\u2019t faze Lee.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t care if we\u2019re able to be detected or not,\u201d Lee told TechCrunch last week. \u201cThe invisibility function is not a core feature of Cluely. It\u2019s a nifty add-on. In fact, most enterprises opt to disable the invisibility altogether because of legal implications.\u201d<\/p>\n Lee responded to Shen on X by praising Truely, but adding that Cluely \u201cwill likely start prompting our users to be much more transparent about usage.\u201d<\/p>\n Since securing a $15 million Series A<\/a> from Andreessen Horowitz last month, Cluely has shifted its marketing strategy away from promoting \u2018cheating.\u2019\u00a0 The company\u2019s tagline has recently been changed <\/a>from \u201ccheat on everything\u201d to \u201cEverything You Need. Before You Ask. \u2026 This feels like cheating.\u201d<\/p>\n