Recently I stumbled upon a psychology research report, “Verbal Lie Detection: Its Past, Present and Future.” Given the ...

Lying is an important human capacity and a necessary, frequently deployed skill for greasing the rails of social commerce. The emergence of lying, a complex cognitive operation, represents a major ...

Although people lie a lot, they typically refrain from accusing others of lying because of social norms around making false accusations and being polite. But artificial intelligence (AI) could soon ...

Using generative AI for lie detection is either a tremendous benefit to humanity or the worst mistake we might ever make. In today’s column, I am going to closely explore a stimulating question about ...

Journalists have a saying about the importance of confirming even the most basic facts: “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” Recently, I decided to follow that advice literally, with the ...

The polygraph, known more commonly as the “lie detector,” has a long and controversial history as a forensic tool, but it has also been used in a variety of other contexts, including employment ...