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Hacker News AI Detector (Salah Adawi)
A beta site that scores every story in the Hacker News top 30 for AI-written content with Pangram and ranks domains and authors.
Page served 2026-10-26 showing '24 analyzed today, 15,815 all-time', but 29 of the top 30 stories showed 'Check failed / unscored' that day. Still on Pangram v3.3 (hnslop README notes it isn't the newest Pangram model). (checked 2026-10-25)
In AI content filters
Where it stands apart
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? Pangram's AI-text detector (13% of 16 others)
- What happens to flagged content by default? labeled or scored, left visible (13% of 16 others)
- Does it publish its verdicts for others to reuse (a list, dataset, feed, or API)? yes (25% of 16 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (94% of 16 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? individual side project, no revenue (50% of 16 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (50% of 16 others)
- What does it try to remove? content written or generated by AI (56% of 16 others)
- How does it mainly decide what to flag? an AI model or classifier (50% of 16 others)
- Once you start using it, is filtering or labeling on by default? yes, on by default (69% of 16 others)
- In the default setup, how do users mainly pay for it? free, no paid option (56% of 16 others)
Nearest neighbors
- hnslop 71% of 17 shared answers match
- hcker.news (AI filter) 65% of 17 shared answers match
- HNFiltered 65% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active Running but on 2026-10-26 most front-page checks showed 'Check failed'. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source No source link found. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue No pricing or donations; hnslop's README jokes that Pangram usage is costly to Salah. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | no, it needs the maker's servers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | both | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart Pangram's AI-text detector Scores each story with Pangram v3.3. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does it try to remove? | content written or generated by AI | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly decide what to flag? | an AI model or classifier Pangram v3.3; Human <30%, Mixed 30–70%, AI >70%. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, where is each item judged? | on the maker's server Calls Pangram's API. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What happens to flagged content by default? | stands apart labeled or scored, left visible | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which place does it mainly cover? | Hacker News | source 2026-10-26 |
| What form does it take? | an alternative website or reader app | source 2026-10-26 |
| Once you start using it, is filtering or labeling on by default? | yes, on by default Scores shown on every story. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you correct a wrong verdict? | no | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, how do users mainly pay for it? | free, no paid option | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it publish its verdicts for others to reuse (a list, dataset, feed, or API)? | stands apart yes Per-story pages, leaderboards and 'Get the data'; hnslop wraps it as an API. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
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- Web page · www.salahadawi.com/hacker-news-ai-detector · read 2026-10-25
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