The company is moving into more types of AI slop.
Pangram, maker of a widely used tool for detecting AI-generated text, has released new tools for flagging AI-generated image and video slop.
With the update, Pangram subscribers can upload videos and get a rating on whether AI was used to create or edit the clip. The company says the tool is able to distinguish between clips that are “partially AI” and those that are entirely AI generated. The tool also comes with a “heatmap” that can highlight which aspects of the video are likely to be AI.
The company says that the underlying model behind its video detection capabilities “particularly excels at borderline AI video detection” and that in testing it was significantly better at picking out AI videos than other detection tools. The video model was able to tag AI content with more than 98 percent accuracy, according to an internal test detailed by the company.
Pangram has also updated its AI image detection capabilities. The company previously released a research preview of its image model, Pangram Image 1.0. This model is now available via the company’s Chrome extension, which can automatically scan images as you browse and flag those likely to be AI.
According to the company, its image model was able to flag more than 99 percent of AI images with a false positive rate of .27 percent in its tests. Of course, as with other AI image detection tools, there are some caveats. The company says that at resolutions below 512 x 512, “results come with a reduced confidence disclaimer.” That might explain why a picture shared by Pangram CEO Max Spero of the Chrome extension in action on the Pinterest website shows an “uncertain” result on two images that are obviously not real photos.
Spero noted that there were other challenges in developing his image recognition model. “Most phone cameras, including iPhones, do some level of AI post-processing to add detail to real photos,” he explained in a post on X. “We needed to build a model that was robust to this post-processing while understanding the difference between AI edits and fully AI-generated visuals.” And he said Pirate wire that the company delayed the release of its image model to test it on some iPhone 18 Pros, because its model initially marked images from the phone’s cameras as AI.
Pangram’s new AI image and video recognition capabilities are now available to those with a Pangram subscription. The company allows users with a free account to check a handful of images without signing up for a paid plan.