BiasChecker.ai

Changelog

Release notes for the Chrome extension and the website, newest first.

  1. · Chrome extension 1.1.19

    Persuasion looks for seven more techniques

    • Persuasion now also looks for Discrediting, Loyalty appeal, Appeal to authority, False urgency, Slogan, Straw man and Single cause, fifteen techniques in all.
    • Like the others, each new technique shows its definition when you hover over its name, and the name links to its explanation on the Persuasion techniques page.
    • Bias Analysis no longer has a Bandwagon Bias category. A claim offered as true because many people believe it is now reported by Persuasion, as Normalising.
    • The hover definitions of Framing, Emotional, Sensationalism, Cultural and Geographic Bias say more exactly what each covers. Framing Bias, for example, is one-sided wording where a neutral word exists.

  2. · Chrome extension 1.1.18

    Qwen3.7 Plus joins the models, and Compare shows which already have a result

    • Qwen3.7 Plus, from Alibaba, is available on every plan at 1×, with its card in Options.
    • On our test set it caught about as much as the other 1× models, and most of what it flagged held up. Its test results are in the comparison table on the Models page.
    • In Compare, the list of models to compare marks each model that already has a result for this page and analysis as cached, so you can see what loads free before you apply.
    • The "Ask a question" box under an analysis is easier to spot, and your question shows the moment you send it, with the answer on its way below it.

  3. · Chrome extension 1.1.17

    The welcome page shows the way back to the panel

    • It shows how to pin BiasChecker to Chrome’s toolbar, and where to find it under the puzzle piece if you didn’t pin it.
    • A picture shows the panel with a result, beside the article or video it read.

  4. · Chrome extension 1.1.16

    A welcome page when you install

    • Installing the extension opens a welcome page, with a button that opens the panel and the first steps to take.
    • The extension now needs Chrome 116 or newer.

  5. · Chrome extension 1.1.15

    Gemini 4 Argon replaces Gemini 2.5 Pro, and clearer messages on pages it cannot read

    • Gemini 4 Argon is available on every plan, at 10×.
    • If Gemini 2.5 Pro was your saved model, new analyses use Claude Haiku 5.5 instead and a notice says so. You can pick any other model at any time.
    • Analyses already run on Gemini 2.5 Pro keep its name.
    • Fewer complete articles are flagged as only partly read.
    • When only part of a page can be read, you are told once, on the card, not on the first screen as well.
    • A blank page, or one with too little text to analyse, shows one card with no “Analyze anyway” button, because no analysis could run.
    • The analysis tabs on a PDF now say that PDFs can’t be read, instead of failing with an error.
    • The Options page has a “What’s new” link to this page.

  6. · Chrome extension 1.1.14

    Estimates name the model they count

    • Until you have run your first analysis, the estimate of how many you have left counts typical analyses on Claude Haiku 5.5, and says so.

  7. · Chrome extension 1.1.13

    Claude Haiku 5.5 recommended for every analysis

    • The recommendation now covers Background as well, which had its own. Models you chose yourself stay as they are.

  8. · Chrome extension 1.1.12

    Ask a question about a result

    • Most results now have a box for follow-up questions, in the extension and on the website’s Analyze page. You can ask anything, not only about the article.
    • Answers draw on the article, the analysis and the model’s own general knowledge. Nothing is checked against other sources.
    • You can ask in any language; answers are in English. Each one costs tokens, like a new analysis.

  9. · Chrome extension 1.1.11

    TikTok videos

    • The extension analyses TikTok videos from their captions: what is said in the video, not the comments or hashtags around it.
    • A video without captions cannot be read, and the panel suggests other ways to check it. On a feed or a profile, it asks you to open the video’s own page.
    • Every form of a video’s link is the same video, so an analysis someone already ran opens free.

  10. · Chrome extension 1.1.10

    Invite a friend, and Historical Parallels always answers

    • You can invite friends from your dashboard or the extension’s Options page.
    • When a friend you invite first buys a plan or credit pack, you each get 1,000,000 tokens. Theirs is added at once and yours 21 days after their purchase, once the refund period has passed. Each lasts 3 months from when it is added. If that purchase is refunded, in full or in part, or charged back, both rewards are withdrawn.
    • The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy now cover invitations.
    • Historical Parallels now always gives its nearest parallels. When none is close, a note above them says so.
    • The model picker marks the models that already have a result for this analysis.

  11. · Chrome extension 1.1.9

    Claude Haiku 5.5 recommended, and analyses that start in turn

    • Claude Haiku 5.5 is now the recommended model for most analyses.
    • Near the end of your allowance, analyses start in turn, and the panel says when one is waiting.
    • Signing in now shows the terms you agree to.
    • Options links to your past billing periods on the dashboard.

  12. · Chrome extension 1.1.7

    Easier-to-read result cards

    • Claude Haiku 5.5 joins the model list, replacing Claude Haiku 4.5.
    • In Bias, Persuasion and Moral results, each finding now ends with its quote.
    • Critique shows key flaws first.

  13. · Chrome extension 1.1.6

    How it works links

    • Every result links to how that analysis works, on the methodology page.

  14. · Chrome extension 1.1.5

    YouTube videos

    • The extension analyses YouTube videos and Shorts from their captions: what is said in the video, not the page around it.
    • Every form of a video’s link (a youtu.be link, a timestamp, a Short) is the same video, so an analysis someone already ran opens free.
    • Community Analyses has a Videos filter, showing videos from the official YouTube channels of the outlets it lists.
    • The Critique card now sets out what the article argues, whether it holds up, and a better approach.

  15. · Chrome extension 1.1.4

    Email inboxes left out

    • The extension no longer analyses an email inbox or an open message as a whole page, on Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and other webmail services. A passage you highlight can still be analysed.

  16. · Chrome extension 1.1.3

    Articles read more completely

    • The extension now reads intro lines, paragraphs and list columns as they appear on the page, and its clean-up keeps more of the article text.

  17. · Chrome extension 1.1.2

    Claude Sonnet 5.5

    • Claude Sonnet 5.5 joins the model list, replacing Claude Sonnet 5.
    • Results opened from the cache now say they were free.

  18. · Chrome extension 1.1.1

    New models

    • Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash join the model list.
    • An open side panel now picks up results from the Compare screen.

  19. · Chrome extension 1.1.0

    Chrome Web Store release 1.1.0

    • Thirteen analysis lenses, model choice on every plan, Consensus runs and the Synthesis report.