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The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
Publisher description: The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved form of lie detector, according to a Department of Defense budget request. The program, called “Polygraph+” or “Polygraph Next”, will focus on scoring algorithms that use artificial intelligence and machine learning and on a technique called “standoff sensing”, which…
MIT Technology Review | Sep 25, 2026 | Amit Katwala
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Polygraph+ will be run by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), which conducts background checks for the federal government. Altec Research has built a prototype that tracks head movement, facial skin temperature and pore activity. (Altec Research) Current polygraph technology has barely changed since the device was invented in the 1920s. The American Polygraph Association claims the polygraph is between 80 and 94% accurate.
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