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- Pentagon Seeks $30.3 Million for AI-Powered Lie Detector
The Pentagon proposed a $30.3 million AI-powered lie-detection program.- The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency would use it for employee vetting and insider-threat detection.
- Called Polygraph+ or Polygraph Next, the five-year program would develop AI and machine-learning scoring algorithms plus standoff sensing without attached devices.
- The project would modernize federal polygraph and credibility-assessment technologies, with prototypes potentially measuring heart rate, breathing, facial temperature, head movement, and pore activity.
- The budget request has not been approved by Congress, and experts cited in the report question whether AI can reliably link physiological patterns to deception.
Sources 📄 Source: comptroller.war.gov · 📎 Coverage: technologyreview.com · 👁 via MIT Technology Review AI