My state asks for 12 CEUs a year, and I’m seeing more providers pitching “AI‑assisted OSINT” certificates using tools like Maltego and Hunchly — good use of hours, or better spent on legal updates and ethics? If everyone adopts the same AI workflows, what happens if this scales — do we lose differentiation or gain speed, and where does this go next for casework standards? I’ll do my own homework, but curious what results you’ve seen in the field.
I burned 4 of my 12 CEUs on an “AI‑assisted OSINT” lab with Hunchly/Maltego; the value showed up only after I built a custom Maltego template that mirrors my intake, so my graphs don’t look like everyone else’s. I’d still park a couple CEUs for legal/ethics because disclosure standards are shifting. Does your board require naming specific tools in reports?
AI tools like Maltego can streamline workflows, but I worry they might standardize methods too much. What do you think about the potential loss of unique investigative angles, @jay44?