Discern will commercialise a deception tracker nicknamed Avatar designed to initially be deployed at border security and based on research at Arizona.

University of Arizona has spun out US-based Discern Science International to develop lie detector technology conceived in the management information systems (MIS) department of the Eller College of Management.

Discern Science International will commercialise an artificial intelligence-powered deception tracker called Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real-Time (Avatar) that is initially designed to catch deceit at border security.

Passenger statements are recorded on video by an interactive electronic interview system, before an algorithm is used to scrutinise footage for…