Intelligence Analysts
Official O*NET title: Intelligence Analysts (33-3021.06)
Also called: anti-terrorist analyst, crime analyst, crime and intelligence analyst, crime intelligence analyst, crime research specialist
Do you do this at work?
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Do you do this at work?
Prepare comprehensive written reports, presentations, maps, or charts, based on research, collection, and analysis of intelligence data
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How AI is changing intelligence analysts work
6 of 14 measurable main tasks for this job show up in real AI-use data, so we rate it Amber (some AI use) — 43%. 1 newer task is not in the data yet and left out.
This shows where people already use AI, not whether the job will disappear. How we measure this.
Tasks in this job and recorded AI use
- Prepare comprehensive written reports, presentations, maps, or charts, based on research, collection, and analysis of intelligence data (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Validate known intelligence with data from other sources (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Design, use, or maintain databases and software applications (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Collaborate with representatives from other government and intelligence organizations to share information or coordinate intelligence activities (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Gather intelligence information by field observation, confidential information sources, or public records (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Gather, analyze, correlate, or evaluate information from a variety of resources (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Evaluate records of communications (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Analyze intelligence data to identify patterns and trends in criminal activity (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Link or chart suspects to criminal organizations or events to determine activities and interrelationships (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Establish criminal profiles to aid in connecting criminal organizations with their members (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Identify gaps in information (main task) — too new for the AI data
- Predict future gang, organized crime, or terrorist activity, using analyses of intelligence data (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Study activities relating to narcotics, money laundering, gangs, auto theft rings, terrorism, or other national security threats (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Study the assets of criminal suspects to determine the flow of money from or to targeted groups (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Conduct presentations of analytic findings (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Develop defense plans or tactics, using intelligence and other information — some recorded AI use
- Study communication code languages or foreign languages to translate intelligence — some recorded AI use
- Interview, interrogate, or interact with witnesses or crime suspects to collect human intelligence — no recorded AI use
- Prepare plans to intercept foreign communications transmissions — no recorded AI use
- Gather and evaluate information, using tools such as aerial photographs, radar equipment, or sensitive radio equipment — no recorded AI use
- Operate cameras, radios, or other surveillance equipment to intercept communications or document activities — no recorded AI use
Tasks: O*NET 31.0. AI use: Anthropic Economic Index (exact or close text match).
Your first steps (guidance)
- Week 1: Open a free AI assistant and say hello. Follow our “Getting started with AI” guide. Ask it one simple question about your work.
- Week 2: Use AI on one task you do often. Try the prompt for: “Prepare comprehensive written reports, presentations, maps, or charts, based on research, collection, and analysis of intelligence data”. Try the prompt for: “Validate known intelligence with data from other sources”.
Tick your own tasks above to get a plan based on what you really do. The first 2 weeks are free; Premium (coming soon) adds weeks 3–12. New to AI? Read our beginner’s guide.
Questions about AI and intelligence analysts
Will AI replace intelligence analysts?
Our data can’t predict job losses, and we don’t try to. What it does show: 6 of the 15 main tasks for this job match tasks people already use AI for (Anthropic Economic Index), giving a Amber rating (some AI use). Using AI on a task is not the same as AI doing the whole job, and 12 of the 21 listed tasks show no recorded AI use yet.
Which intelligence analyst tasks is AI used for most?
In the data, the most AI use among this job’s tasks is for: prepare comprehensive written reports, presentations, maps, or charts, based on research, collection, and analysis of intelligence data; validate known intelligence with data from other sources; design, use, or maintain databases and software applications.
Which intelligence analyst tasks show little or no AI use?
For example: evaluate records of communications; analyze intelligence data to identify patterns and trends in criminal activity; link or chart suspects to criminal organizations or events to determine activities and interrelationships. These are good places to keep building your own skills.
How does this job compare to others?
In Microsoft Research’s “Working with AI” study, this job’s AI applicability score is equal to or higher than 51% of the occupations they scored. That measures overlap with AI chat use, not risk of job loss.
How can a intelligence analyst start learning AI?
Start small: open a free AI assistant, try it on one task you do often, and always check facts and numbers yourself. The plan on this page is guidance, not professional advice.
See how this job ranks
Intelligence Analysts ranks #167 of 572 jobs for the share of main tasks with AI use (#1 = most), and #1 of 17 in Public Safety.
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