Plymouth, Massachusetts Resident Reportedly Used AI Chatbots CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI to Harass and Intimidate Victims
Description
In January 2025, James Florence Jr. of Plymouth, MA, agreed to plead guilty to cyberstalking charges involving the alleged use of AI tools like CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI. The U.S. Attorney’s Office reports the harassment spanned 2014–2024, though AI-driven tactics reportedly began around 2017. Florence allegedly created deepfake pornographic images, programmed AI chatbots to impersonate victims, distributed doctored content, exposed personal information, and encouraged online harassment.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- james-florence-jr.
- synthetic-media-creators
- deepfake-creators
Alleged Developers
- janitorai
- crushon.ai
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- synthetic-image-generation-technology-developers
- chatbot-developers
Harmed Parties
- six-other-women-and-a-17-year-old-girl-targeted-by-james-florence-jr.
- families-of-victims-targeted-by-james-florence-jr.
- anonymous-university-professor-targeted-by-james-florence-jr.
- women-and-girls
- women
- privacy
- epistemic-integrity
- victims-of-deepfake-abuse
- victims-of-non-consensual-deepfakes
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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