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The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
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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.
Key facts
- The American Polygraph Association claims the polygraph is between 80% and 94% accurate
- In September, the New York Times reported that around 50 officers on the Joint Staff had been given polygraph tests after news coverage reported on the depletion of US weapons stockpiles in the war
- 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
- Polygraph+ will be run by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), which conducts background checks for the federal government
Summary
According to details of the budget document, which were first reported by Inside Defense, the project will “modernize federal polygraph and credibility assessment technologies” to improve their accuracy and reliability. The move comes at a time of high tension within the department. Polygraph+ will be run by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), which conducts background checks for the federal government. It selected two companies to build prototypes: Presage Technologies, which claims to be able to measure heart rate and breathing rate using standard cameras, and Altec Research, a medical sensor company now branching out into non-contact sensing technologies.