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As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it
Pangram has raised $9 million to scale its AI detection software. The startup has also released a new AI text detection model, Pangram 4, and an AI image detection model in research preview.
TL;DR
- Pangram, an AI detection startup, has raised $9 million in a funding round led by Menlo Ventures.
- The company launched its next-generation AI text detection model, Pangram 4, and an AI image detection model, Pangram Image.
- Pangram 4 boasts over 99% accuracy in detecting AI-assisted writing and human-AI mixed content.
- The AI image detector is currently in research preview, with a wider release planned.
- Pangram was founded by Stanford AI and machine learning graduates Max Spero and Bradley Emi.
- The detection system is trained on millions of human documents and uses a 'synthetic mirror' created by frontier LLMs.
- Pangram's technology is available via a $20/month subscription, Chrome extension, and API, with notable integrations with Substack and Quora.
- The company's testing indicates high accuracy but acknowledges occasional mislabeling of human content as AI-generated or vice versa.
- Pangram's AI image detection analyzes pixel-level distributions, aiming to detect AI images across various models.