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Can AI Detectors Be Trusted? Pangram 4 and the False-Positive Problem
AI detectors are becoming invisible trust infrastructure in schools, publishing, hiring, and online platforms. Pangram has launched Pangram 4, introduced an image-detection research preview, and raised $9 million—but even a low reported error rate can produce real harm when millions of documents are scanned. Dr. Mike explains what the detector actually measures, why AI-assisted writing is not the same as AI-generated writing, how to read Pangram's internal benchmark claims, where the model card draws limits, and why a score should begin a human review rather than end one. Key takeaways: •…
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