AI Cheating Scandal: Columbia Student's $5.3M Startup Sparks Debate
30.06.2025
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This AI startup raised $5.3 million to help people 'cheat on everything.' But in the age of AI, how do you define cheating?
Hold up, folks. We've got a spicy one here. A Columbia student, Roy Lee, got suspended for building an AI tool to cheat on engineering interviews. Plot twist: He turned it into a startup, Cluely, and just bagged $5.3M. The internet's losing its mind.
Lee's been spilling the tea on X, detailing how his 'cheat tool' evolved into a full-blown biz. The question on everyone's lips: In the AI era, what even counts as cheating anymore?
Damn, the Cluely ragebait got us.
Meanwhile, startups are scrambling to build detectors for AI-assisted cheaters. It's a wild west out there, and the rules are being rewritten in real-time.
- • Columbia suspends student for AI interview cheat tool
- • Tool morphs into $5.3M startup Cluely
- • Twitter meltdown ensues
- • Big debate: Is using AI cheating or just working smarter?
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