AI and OSINT: How Private Investigators Automate Research

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is core to modern investigations. AI can help collect, analyze, and summarize this data.

AI Tools That Help with OSINT:

-ChatGPT: Summarizes long articles and social media content.

-Harpa.ai: Automates Google/Bing research with GPT.

-Scrapy + GPT API: Produces custom Python bots to scrape and summarize information.

What You Can Automate:

-Social media scans
-Business registration lookups
-Cross-platform identity matching

Cautions:

-Always be ethical and legal.
-Always verify AI results manually