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Pangram Has Emerged as the Gold Standard of AI Detection. Should You Trust It?

WIRED — AI · · International · AI Governance

Pangram has become a widely used tool for detecting AI-generated text, with the excerpt suggesting its verdicts carry real professional consequences in publishing and other fields. The briefing positions it as a de facto authority on whether human-produced work is genuine.

Why this matters: An algorithm deciding whether your writing is human is a high-stakes call with almost no accountability attached to it. False positives are not an abstract concern. Writers, students, and professionals can lose jobs, contracts, or reputations based on a score from a tool most people cannot audit or appeal. The company gains power without a clear standard for accuracy. If Pangram is setting the bar, someone needs to be asking who set the bar for Pangram.

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