Use databases to locate investigation details or other information.

Use databases to locate investigation details or other information. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 3 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Gather information from physical or electronic sources. in Getting Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 6 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.006% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Gather, analyze, correlate, or evaluate information from a variety of resources, such as law enforcement databases. · Intelligence Analysts · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Examine records and governmental agency files to find identifying data about suspects. · Detectives and Criminal Investigators · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Search computer databases, credit reports, public records, tax or legal filings, or other resources to locate persons or to compile information for investigations. · Private Detectives and Investigators · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers. · Parking Enforcement Workers · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Identify, compare, classify, and file fingerprints, using systems such as Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) or the Henry Classification System. · Police Identification and Records Officers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Design, use, or maintain databases and software applications, such as geographic information systems (GIS) mapping and artificial intelligence tools. · Intelligence Analysts · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Intelligence Analysts
• Private Detectives and Investigators
• Parking Enforcement Workers

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Use databases to locate investigation details or other information.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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