Pentagon seeks funds for AI lie detector

Robyn, anchorThe US Defense Department wants just over 30 million dollars for an AI lie detector.

Robyn, anchorInside Defense, a defense-industry news site, first reported the request.

Robyn, reporterToday, polygraph sensors must be attached to the person being tested.

Robyn, reporterAn AI would score readings taken from a distance, what the request calls standoff sensing.

Robyn, reporterThe tools would screen job applicants and look for insider threats.

Robyn, reporterCongress has not approved the money.

Robyn, reporterThe American Polygraph Association, the examiners' body, rates the test 80 to 94 percent accurate.

Robyn, reporterBut in 2003, scientific advisers at the US National Research Council called polygraph evidence weak at best.

Robyn, reporterMIT Technology Review and TNW report both assessments.