Pangram, known for its AI-generated text detection tool, has expanded its services to identify AI-generated or edited videos and images. The new features are available to subscribers, with free-account users able to check a limited number of images without a paid plan.
Users can upload a video for an assessment of whether AI was used to create or edit it. Pangram says the tool can distinguish between clips that are partly AI-generated and those made entirely with AI, and includes a heatmap highlighting areas likely to involve AI. The company reports that its video model identified AI content with more than 98% accuracy in one internal test, and says it performed better than other detection tools in its testing.
Pangram’s image detector, previously offered as a research preview, is now available through its Chrome extension, which can scan images while users browse. In company testing, the model flagged more than 99% of AI images, with a false-positive rate of 0.27%. Pangram cautions that results for images below 512 by 512 pixels may be less reliable.
The company has also pointed to the difficulty of separating AI-generated imagery from genuine photos that have been processed by camera software. Pangram CEO Max Spero said phone cameras can use AI post-processing to add detail, so the model had to account for that while distinguishing such processing from AI edits and fully generated images. Spero also told Pirate Wires that Pangram delayed the image model’s release after it initially flagged photos taken with iPhone 18 Pro cameras as AI-generated.
Sources: Engadget.