New York-based AI detection startup Pangram raised $9M led by Menlo, and releases Pangram 4.0 and its first AI image detection model, claiming 99.5% accuracy (Niko Gallogly/New York Times)

<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/business/dealbook/sick-of-ai-generated-content-the-slop-janitor-is-here-to-help.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.dT93.w5tXvUOcek7n&amp;smid=url-share"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260729/i14.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260729/p14#a260729p14" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Niko Gallogly / <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/business/dealbook/sick-of-ai-generated-content-the-slop-janitor-is-here-to-help.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.dT93.w5tXvUOcek7n&amp;smid=url-share">New York-based AI detection startup Pangram raised $9M led by Menlo, and releases Pangram 4.0 and its first AI image detection model, claiming 99.5% accuracy</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Pangram, an A.I. detection start-up, promises near-perfect accuracy in sniffing out writing and imagery that wasn't made by humans.</p>