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Artificial Intelligence

Roy Lee: Viral Hype Isn’t Enough for Success

Roy Lee, founder of Cluely, highlights that while viral fame on social media can build initial brand awareness, it is…

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Artificial Intelligence

How Hackers Poison AI and How to Stop Them

Cybercriminals are leveraging AI to create sophisticated spam, malicious code, and phishing campaigns, while also directly targeting AI systems to…

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BigTech Companies

Google’s Landmark Ad Tech Monopoly Trial Begins

A federal judge has ruled that Google illegally monopolized the digital ad market, initiating a remedies phase that could force…

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AI & Tech

Columbia Deploys AI to Ease Campus Tensions

Columbia University is testing an AI tool called Sway to mediate sensitive student discussions on topics like racial justice and…

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Artificial Intelligence

How Generative AI Ranks Content for Trust

Generative AI assesses content trustworthiness using signals like accuracy, authority, transparency, and freshness, applying frameworks such as E-E-A-T algorithmically. Authority…

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AI & Tech

Scaling Agentic AI: A Healthcare Revolution

Agentic AI in healthcare combines large language models with symbolic systems to enhance decision-making, improve patient outcomes, and ensure compliance…

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Business

Columbia University Data Breach Exposes 870,000 People

Columbia University disclosed a cybersecurity breach affecting 870,000 individuals, exposing personal, financial, and health data of students, employees, and applicants.…

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AI & Tech

Robots That Eat Robots: The Power of Machine Metabolism

Researchers at Columbia University developed a prototype robot with a primitive metabolism, enabling it to "eat" other robots to grow…

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Artificial Intelligence

Roy Lee on Why He’s Not Worried About Cheating Detectors

Cluely, an AI-powered productivity tool, faces criticism for blurring the line between assistance and academic integrity, but its co-founder Roy…

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Health

Global Research Funding at Risk as NIH Budget Faces Cuts

Global research funding cuts are disrupting critical scientific projects, exemplified by the abrupt termination of a virology collaboration between the…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cluely Raises $15M From a16z to Help Users ‘Cheat on Everything’

Cluely raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, following a $5.3 million seed round, with an…

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Artificial Intelligence

Police Raid Cluely’s ‘Cheat at Everything’ Startup Party

Cluely's viral San Francisco startup party was shut down by police due to overcrowding after a satirical social media post…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cluely’s AI Cheating Claims Spark Detection Race and Hardware Threats

An AI tool named Cluely recently ignited online debate by promoting itself as a nearly invisible assistant capable of helping…

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AI & Tech

The AI Interview Paradox: Tech Grapples With Cheating in Its Own Backyard

The technical interview, long a rite of passage for aspiring software engineers, is facing a crisis of credibility. As artificial…

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