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Judge Denies Musk's xAI Request to Halt Minnesota’s Ban on AI Nudification Technology
The first-of-its-kind law lets affected people sue platforms and advertisers, and Attorney General Keith Ellison said it targets apps used to create abuse material.
- On Friday, United States District Judge Donovan Frank denied xAI's request to halt Minnesota's AI nudification ban, allowing the law to take effect as scheduled on Aug. 1.
- Musk's company xAI argued in a lawsuit filed Monday that Minnesota's ban is "clumsy" and violates the First Amendment, requesting a temporary restraining order before the law took effect.
- United States District Judge Donovan Frank noted xAI filed the motion on July 29, nearly three months after the law was signed and only three days before it took effect, undermining claims of urgency.
- Attorney General Keith Ellison said Friday he is "extremely proud" to defend this law, the first of its kind in the nation, which officially takes effect Aug. 1.
- Authors of the bill criticized Musk on Wednesday, noting that nudification apps like Grok Imagine have generated sexual abuse materials and expecting courts to uphold the ban as unwelcome in Minnesota.
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Court Rejects Musk's xAI Bid To Block 'AI Child Porn' Ban Carrying $500K Penalties per Image
Elon Musk's artificial-intelligence company failed to persuade a federal judge to temporarily block a Minnesota law that regulates AI tools used to create non-consensual sexually explicit images of real people, allowing the measure to take effect on Saturday while the broader legal challenge continues. US District Judge Donovan Frank on Friday denied xAI's request for an emergency injunction against what Minnesota has described as the first stat…
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