Generative AI for Analysts: Craft Better OSINT Queries

When it comes to open-source intelligence (OSINT), the quality of your results depends heavily on the quality of your search queries. But building those queries can be daunting—how do you capture every angle, every slang term, every linguistic nuance? Generative AI chatbots offer a game-changing way to expand your thinking, speed up your process, and sharpen your results—without replacing the critical human creativity at the heart of OSINT.

In this session, Alanah Crocker of Flashpoint demonstrates how to partner with AI to enhance query-building. You’ll see how AI can serve as a brainstorming ally—helping you uncover new keywords, slang, emojis, and translations that you might not have considered on your own. Instead of struggling with the blank page, you’ll learn how to guide AI to deliver a breadth of options that you can then refine and apply.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to use AI to expand your keyword scope—generating both formal and conversational terms relevant to your investigation.
• Ways AI can surface slang, vernacular, and even emojis used in threat actor communications.
• Techniques for leveraging AI-driven translation that account for nuance, grammar, and context.
• A practical workflow for combining AI outputs into structured, ready-to-use OSINT query strings.

Meet The Speaker

Alanah Crocker

Training Director, National Security Services at Flashpoint

Alanah Crocker is a renowned OSINT tools instructor specializing in threat intelligence. She currently leads Flashpoint’s training initiatives across its toolkit, empowering users to enhance their efficiency and investigative outcomes. Trusted by military, law enforcement, and Fortune 100 leaders, Alanah leads virtual and in-person training sessions through the Flashpoint Training Academy, a professional development program tailored for government and commercial clients.