Pentagon seeks $30.3m for an AI lie detector that reads the body from afar

The Pentagon is requesting $30.3 million over five years to develop an AI-powered lie detector that can read a person’s body from a distance, called Polygraph+ or Polygraph Next. The program is included in the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s 2027 budget request. Inside Defense first reported the initiative, and MIT Technology Review’s Amit Katwala has asked experts whether the technology could work.