The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
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mitTechReview
September 25, 2026 · 02:16
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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…
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