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

A US Department of Defense budget request proposes spending $30.3 million over five years on an AI polygraph project called Polygraph+ or Polygraph Next, led by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). It focuses on AI and machine learning-based scoring algorithms plus contactless "remote sensing" technology, for employee vetting and insider threat detection.