Pangram Image 1.0 and Image Flash 1.0 are new tools for identifying AI-generated or AI-edited images and videos. The flagship Image 1.0 detects AI content in still images and produces heatmaps showing where it appears. Pangram reports 99.96% accuracy in a test of 1,200 AI-generated counterparts to 100 real photos, created with 12 leading image generators. The company also says the model is designed to withstand compression, resizing, blur, noise, and other edits. It now accepts images as small as 256 by 256 pixels, though results below 512 pixels carry a reduced-confidence warning.
Image Flash 1.0 is a smaller, faster model focused on video detection. Pangram reports a 98.7% score on the DF26 benchmark, 29 points above the next-best detector, and state-of-the-art performance across several other academic tests. Its industry comparison used 129 real social-media videos and AI-made versions from 14 video generators, pairing each synthetic clip with a real clip of the same scene to make detection more demanding. Users can upload videos for frame-by-frame analysis, use the Chrome extension to flag AI content while browsing, or access image and video detection through the API. The announcement presents benchmark results and product features, rather than independent validation of the company’s claims.
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