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The AI Detection Tool That Rocked Publishing | Tech News
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A viral AI detection tool called Pangram, built by 30-year-old CEO Max Spero, sparked a media frenzy after flagging bestselling novels and Pulitzer Prize-winning stories as 78% or more AI-generated — leading to book cancellations, publisher controversies, and even integration into Substack. The tool, which uses “synthetic mirroring” to train its AI on human vs. machine writing, claims near-zero false positives and offers bounties for proven misflags — though critics warn of bias against non-native speakers and neurodiverse writers. Spero, who gained fame by publicly testing Shy Girl and later being contacted by the New York Times, says his company’s licensed datasets and new model make it uniquely accurate — but the debate over AI authorship rages on.
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