Pentagon seeks $30.3 million to automate lie detection
The Pentagon wants to spend $30.3 million over five years on Polygraph+, a system for vetting federal employees and detecting insider threats. It would combine AI scoring algorithms with “standoff sensing,” which reads physiological signals without attaching sensors to a person. The budget has not cleared Congress, and experts warn that AI could add new technology to a method with a long history of failed lie-detection efforts.