The Download: the Pentagon's AI-powered lie detector and young organ limits

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The Download: the Pentagon's AI-powered lie detector and young organ limits Plus: ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge shooter focus on attack tactics. The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved lie detector, according to a Department of Defense budget request. The program, called "Polygraph+" or "Polygraph Next," will focus on scoring algorithms that use AI and machine learning, as well as a technique called "standoff sensing," which can take physiological readings from a person without attaching a device to them. The project aims to improve the accuracy and reliability of polygraph assessments. But it could just be the latest in a long line of failed attempts to use technology to detect lies. Here's how the program could work--and why experts say AI-enabled lie detection is "the worst of both worlds."