Google scientist slams Pangram AI-detector flagging a professor's rec letter as 100% AI
docmilanfar · x · 2026-10-22
Google research scientist Shakeel Milanfar pushes back on a viral post by Abhishek Nagaraj, who said a job-market candidate's recommendation letter from their main advisor was flagged as 100% AI-generated by detector Pangram, warning "Don't do this!!"
Milanfar's counterpoints: putting a confidential letter into Pangram is itself a clear privacy and protocol violation; and using AI to draft or refine one's own opinions shouldn't be disqualifying, since the sender is presumed fully responsible for and supportive of the content. The exchange fuels the ongoing debate over AI-detector reliability and norms in academic hiring.
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