Investing in Pangram to Stop AI Slop on the Internet
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Menlo Ventures invested in Pangram, an AI detection tool that identifies AI-generated text with a one-in-10,000 false-positive rate and maintains performance across new AI model versions, as AI-generated content reached 35% of internet text by mid-2025. The company's detection capability has been independently audited by the University of Chicago's Becker Friedman Institute and has been adopted by platforms including the Internet Archive, Quora, and Google Classroom. This investment aims to preserve trust in written content by helping readers distinguish between human and AI authorship, addressing concerns that undetected AI slop undermines the information ecosystem.
Why it matters
Why it’s critical to prevent polluting the internet This is a seminal moment for human history. Stop and think about it. We have invented a machine that now creates information indistinguishable from that of humans. A majority of the content created on the internet (and even off the internet) is created by AI, as well […] The post Investing in Pangram to Stop AI Slop on the Internet appeared first on Menlo Ventures.
