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I work as a private investigator for Casey Gerry, a personal in touch with a person that I could talk to. I was then able to
injury and complex litigation law firm that has recovered over ask more concrete questions. I was able to figure out what
$25 billion for its clients. In any given year, I might work on 300 the fees were and track down the report number associated
different investigations across a variety of areas. with the incident. All of this is important when we are starting
a case because we need to do conflict checks and make sure
Here are some specific examples of how I use ChatGPT in my the person who is at fault isn’t a former client of ours or a party FEATURE
investigations. in a separate matter. Time is currency, so to have access to an
AI assistant was extremely pivotal. Think of it: 30 minutes versus
Example 1: I recently worked on a case where the incident took two minutes using ChatGPT!
place in Sacramento. We get cases from all over the state and
it can be a hassle because the law enforcement agencies and Example 2: I was working a case where our firm was suing a large
other investigating agencies are not in my hometown and not in corporation that owned a bunch of smaller entities. They face a lot
areas I’m familiar with. I don’t have access to the same resources of litigation so they have a complex corporate structure and that
or the same relationships that I do down in San Diego. I don’t makes it hard because any potential plaintiff has to sort through
know the processes, the agencies, or the avenues to get the a whole tree of different entities. As part of my investigation, I
information I need. needed to identify all these different businesses and figure out
what they do and where they are located. ChatGPT made it so
Since I was not familiar with the law enforcement agencies much easier for me. In many cases, I was able to ask ChatGPT
and other investigating agencies in Sacramento, I was having what type of business it was and the AI gave me a bio about the
a difficult time getting on the phone with someone to request entity or gave me enough information (like what state) where I
the accident reports and other public information. I kept getting was able to go to the Secretary of State’s website, get the agent
automated messages and I couldn’t get through to anybody. of service information, etc. for all of the entities.
The reason I needed to talk to a person is the client didn’t have
the report number. Without a report number, it can be a lot Without ChatGPT, I’d be stuck with Google searching every single
harder to send out a written request or follow the prompts on an business, going through all the links that pop up, and so on—for
automated message. every single business. Some prompts for these entity searches
include asking: What is [Company Name], explain [Company
After getting the go-around for 30 minutes and only dealing Name], describe [Company Name]; as well as asking where the
with prompts and automated messages, I was frustrated and headquarters is for a given entity. If you have the city or state
decided to try ChatGPT. In less than 2-minutes, ChatGPT was where the entity is located, use it, otherwise ChatGPT might be
able to provide me with a direct phone number that got me able to help you find it.

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