The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
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.
Selection record
Not admittedSum of both 100 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：五角大楼AI测谎仪项目，明确AI技术应用
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
Source: MIT Technology Review · AI · technologyreview.com