The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector

The US Department of Defense requested $30.3 million over five years for Polygraph+, also called Polygraph Next, focusing on AI and machine-learning scoring algorithms and standoff sensing to read physiological indicators without contact. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is responsible for the project, intended for employee screening and insider-threat detection. Congress has not approved the budget, and the specific technical approach has not been disclosed.