DeepfakeHigh
Plymouth, Massachusetts Resident Reportedly Used AI Chatbots CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI to Harass and Intimidate Victims
- Occurred
- Jan 23, 2025
- Published
- Feb 1, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
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.
Developers
- JanitorAI
- CrushOn.AI
- Synthetic media generation technology developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
- Chatbot developers
Deployers
- James Florence Jr.
- Synthetic media creators
- Deepfake creators
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
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves deepfake pornographic images and AI chatbots used for cyberstalking, resulting in criminal charges.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8