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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.

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A startup has raised funding to build tools that detect whether text and images were created by artificial intelligence or by humans. The startup's detection system works by analyzing stylistic patterns and statistical differences rather than relying on hidden watermarks or metadata. This matters because AI-generated content is spreading widely online, and distinguishing human-created from AI-created material has become important for readers, institutions, and legal systems to understand the reliability and origin of information they encounter.

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