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FEATURE

Using AI in Your

Investigations

by Jay Paulino, CPI

Technology is advancing rapidly—and the tools available to private “draft” marketing copy, and even lawyers are experimenting with it.
investigators continue to grow along with it. A judge in Colombia recently used it to explain part of his ruling in
an insurance case.
From using drones to help with accident reconstruction (Using
Drones in Your Investigations, visit WorkingPImag.com), to the latest As a private investigator, I’ve found Chat GPT to be an incredibly
advances in artificial intelligence (AI), I continue to be amazed at useful tool in my work, saving me time, helping me be more efficient,
how technology is developing and providing new tools to help and helping me formulate ideas. I think of ChatGPT as my own
private investigators deliver a higher quality product and work more personal “AI Assistant,” helping me to quickly answer questions,
efficiently. giving me information, and pointing me in the right direction in my
investigations. I do not use it as my only source of information, but
“Work smarter, not harder” is a core part of my philosophy. If I can rather as an artificial intelligence teammate. I team up with the
use tools and technology to be more efficient, save time, or improve chatbot.
the quality of my work, then I will be able to serve my clients better
and I’ll make more money too. I try to constantly challenge myself to At the time of this writing, ChatGPT is now only one of a myriad of
learn something new on a daily basis and stay on the cutting edge AI tools. Google has launched Bard, Bing has BingAI, and there is
of technology. The day I close my mind on learning something new a rapidly growing list of AI chatbots, AI programming engines, and
from anyone at any time, is the day I am through. even AI-generated photo and design tools. For the purposes of this
article, I’m going to be focusing on ChatGPT.
Many private investigators are aware of a new AI tool called
ChatGPT—a natural language processing tool driven by AI
technology that allows you to have human-like conversations with Real World Examples
the chatbot. ChatGPT is a great tool to use when you are investigating in arenas
that you are not familiar with, from investigating in a new city or
The use of ChatGPT has exploded in the span of only a few months, even a new (to you) investigation area. I like to think of it as tapping
with the latest numbers showing over 100 million users now on the into an artificial mind that can provide answers within minutes. In
platform. Its potential uses seem nearly endless—middle schoolers many areas, it is able to piece together all that information rapidly,
are using it to “write papers,” teachers are using it to create lesson much faster than you or I can do by Googling or scrolling through
plans, marketing professionals are using it to curate ideas and write dozens of webpages.
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