Pangram launched Pangram Image 1.0 for AI images and the faster Image Flash 1.0 for video. It claims near-perfect scores on its own tests and 98.7% on the DF26 academic benchmark. Both are in its web app and API, and Image 1.0 is in its Chrome extension.

Pangram, a New York startup known for spotting AI-written text, has launched two models for detecting AI images and video, the company said on Wednesday . Pangram Image 1.0 checks still images, while the smaller, faster Pangram Image Flash 1.0 checks video frame by frame.

The image model can also draw a heatmap showing where AI content sits in a picture, such as a fake object added to a real photo. Pangram says it catches 99.2% of AI images and wrongly flags 0.27% of real ones.

In its own test, Pangram made AI copies of 100 real photos with 12 leading image generators, using prompts that closely matched each original. Image 1.0 scored 99.96% accuracy on that set.…