//The training
AI for Private Investigators, Taught by Someone Who Builds It
Not a prompt-writing class. This is what happens when AI output hits a real case, a real client, and a real courtroom, taught by Matt Aubin, AI investigation expert and cybercrime specialist, who builds and runs production AI on live work.
By Matt Aubin, Founder, Southern Recon Agency and E3 Legacy Intel. CDFE, FBCI. Investigating since 2009. Updated .
I train private investigators to use AI on real cases: what it does well, how to validate its results for court, and where the ethical and legal lines are.
Unlike prompt-writing courses, this is taught by a licensed PI who builds and runs a proprietary AI investigation platform. Everything I teach is a workflow I run.
//The course
What does the training actually cover?
Three pillars, in the order they matter. Applications: where AI genuinely accelerates a case, OSINT, unmasking anonymous actors, cross-referencing thousands of records, first-draft reporting. Validation: how to prove those results will hold up, sourcing, verification, disclosure. And ethics: the licensing, privacy, and evidentiary lines you do not cross. Built from production workflows, not slideware.
Applications
Where AI earns its place in a case: OSINT and unmasking anonymous actors at speed, cross-referencing at scale, and report drafting that a human then owns.
Validation
How to make AI output defensible: provenance on every claim, a human-verification gate, and the discipline that keeps a finding court-ready.
Ethics
The lines that do not move: licensing, privacy law, and standards of evidence. AI makes the wrong way faster too, so discipline matters more, not less.
//Continuing education
Does it count for CE or CLE?
No accreditation is in place today and none is claimed. The training can be built to fit what your body requires, including session length, written learning objectives and a record of attendance, and a certificate of completion and full syllabus come with it. If your body will not approve it, you will be told that rather than sold around it.
The training itself is practitioner led and built from live casework, taught by a licensed private investigator and Florida Board Certified Investigator who has been investigating since 2009, not by a software vendor.
//Who it is for
Built for people accountable for what they sign.
Working investigators and PI firms, and the attorneys who supervise AI assisted investigations. It assumes you know the craft and shows you how to add AI without adding liability. Run it for your own firm and it is scoped to your caseload and your tools.
Say who is in the room, how long you have, and whether it is virtual or on site. A tailored outline comes back.
//Questions people ask
What investigators ask before they sign up.
What does the AI training cover?
Three things: applications, validation, and ethics. Where AI genuinely accelerates a case (OSINT, unmasking anonymous actors, cross-referencing, report drafting), how to validate its results so they hold up in court, and where the legal and ethical lines sit. It is built from production workflows I run, not prompt-writing tricks that break under real casework.
Does this count for continuing education credit?
No accreditation is in place today and none is claimed. The training can be built to fit what your body requires, including session length, written learning objectives and a record of attendance, and a certificate of completion and full syllabus come with it. If your body will not approve it, you will be told that rather than sold around it.
Who is the training for?
Working private investigators and PI firms, plus attorneys who supervise AI-assisted investigations. If you carry a license and are accountable for what leaves your office, this is built for you. It assumes you know the work and shows you how to add AI without adding liability.
How is this different from a prompt-writing course?
A prompt course teaches you to talk to a chatbot. This teaches you to run AI on a real case and defend the result. The difference is validation and accountability: sourcing, human-verification gates, disclosure, and the failure modes that get evidence thrown out. It is taught by someone who builds and runs the platform, not someone who read about it.
Can you bring the training in-house?
Yes. Beyond the open catalog, I run private cohorts and on-site workshops scoped to your firm's caseload and tools, plus a bundle that combines the courses. In-house delivery means the workflows are tuned to how your team actually works, on the case types you actually handle.
Learn AI from someone who runs it on live cases.
Say who is in the room and what your firm handles. A tailored outline and the dates come back in one reply.