Oakland Co. man accused of threatening Instagram influencer with AI porn

An Oakland County man is accused of using artificial intelligence to create pornographic images of a woman he was following on social media, then threatening to release them and assault her if she didn’t give him attention, a federal complaint claims. Joshua Stilman, 36, of Commerce Township is accused by the FBI of interstate extortion and cyberstalking, according to a complaint filed last week in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan. The victim is not named in the complaint but is described as a “social media influencer with close to 100,000 Instagram followers.” In March, she allegedly received several explicit messages on Instagram from someone using the screenname FriendBlender, including AI-generated nude images of herself, according to court documents. She initially tried to diffuse the situation with humor but FriendBlender eventually became more vulgar and threatened to release the images publicly if she did not respond to him, the lawsuit said. He also made threats against her safety, implying he would sexually assault her unless she responded. “I wish you’d respond to some of my questions,” he said in one message, the FBI alleged. “I really don’t want to resort to posting things online … I’m not going
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