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Pentagon asks $30.3 million to put AI scoring on the 1920s polygraph
Pentagon budget documents seek $30.3 million over five years for Polygraph+, adding machine-learning scoring and contactless sensing to the lie detector. Both upgrades still depend on the bodily responses that reviews in 1983 and 2003 found poorly supported for screening staff.
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