Musk xAI Sues Minnesota

xAI challenges Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on nudification technology.

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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology

Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over nation's first AI 'nudification' law

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over legislation banning ‘nudification’ technology

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Elon Musk’s xAI sued Minnesota in federal court on Monday to block a first-in-the-nation law regulating “nudification” tools before it takes effect Saturday. The law targets websites and apps that let users create nonconsensual AI-generated nude or sexualized images of people, including minors. It allows depicted people to bring civil claims and authorizes fines of $500,000 each time a platform permits such image creation. xAI says the statute violates the First Amendment and would force it to restrict Grok Imagine’s image-editing features.

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