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AI-Powered Lie Detectors Can Help Tell If You’re Lying on a Zoom Call
New tech trained on CIA tactics may be coming to an office near you.
A computerized polygraph machine being used in a simulated situation.
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Phil Houston knows how to spot a lie. A former career CIA officer who’s sometimes been called the human lie detector, he literally wrote the book on detecting deception. His techniques are used by US intelligence agencies, businesses and billionaires.
Now he’s seeking to harness the power of artificial intelligence to supercharge his system — and market it to hedge funds listening to earnings calls, investigators interviewing suspects, employers considering potential new hires, or anyone else trying to discover duplicity.