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Pangram Claims Its AI Detector Is 99% Accurate. I Tricked It in Three Sentences

Pangram's AI detector, which the company claims is 99% accurate, was defeated by three sentences of simple rephrasing and basic humanizing tools, according to a first-person test. The finding highlights a vulnerability in the detector's ability to identify AI-generated text as AI content becomes harder to distinguish online.

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The popular AI detector promises rock-solid accuracy, but simple rephrasing and basic humanizing tools reveal a glaring vulnerability.

With AI chatbots, image generators, and video generators making it increasingly difficult to determine whether what you see online is real, AI detectors are more important than ever. Pangram is arguably the most well-known, courtesy of …

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