GoKawiilPentagon tests AI-driven 'Polygraph+' lie detection program
The Pentagon is developing a program called Polygraph+ (or Polygraph Next) that uses AI and machine learning to score truthfulness, alongside 'standoff sensing' techniques that gather physiological data without attaching devices to a subject. Separately, new research on transplanted hearts challenges the idea that young organs can rejuvenate older recipients, complicating theories popularized by comments from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping about biotechnology extending life.
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Experts cited in the coverage warn that combining AI with polygraph testing could compound existing flaws in lie-detection technology rather than fix them, since polygraphs have long been criticized as scientifically unreliable. The organ transplant findings suggest that simply introducing younger tissue into an older body may not reverse aging as some longevity theories propose, which could temper expectations around transplant-based rejuvenation research.
- The Pentagon's Polygraph+ program will use AI, machine learning, and standoff sensing for lie detection.
- Experts describe AI-enhanced polygraphs as potentially combining the weaknesses of both technologies.
- New heart transplant research complicates the theory that young organs can rejuvenate older recipients.
Source: technologyreview.com — Thomas Macaulay, 2026-09-25
Published there as: “The Download: the Pentagon’s AI-powered lie detector and young organ limits”
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