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A man stalked a professor for six years. Then he used AI chatbots to lure strangers to her home
James Florence, 36, agreed to plead guilty after using victim’s information to guide chatbots in impersonation
A man from Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to a seven-year cyberstalking campaign that included using artificial intelligence(AI) chatbots to impersonate a university professor and invite men online to her home address for sex. According to Stefan Turkheimer, vice-president for public policy at Rainn, an anti-sexual violence non-profit, the case brings to light a new and “incredibly disturbing” use for predators to use AI to target victims. These included accounts on Craigslist, X (formerly Twitter), Reddit and Linktree, as well as the website ladies.exposed, which displayed photo collages containing manipulated images of the victim, and personal details such as her home address and phone number.
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