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xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law

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Sarah Jeong
xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law
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xAI is suing the Minnesota Attorney General to block a new state law that restricts 'nudification' apps, arguing the statute infringes on First Amendment rights. The company faces potential penalties for its Grok AI image-editing features, which have previously been criticized for generating nonconsensual explicit content.

xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets “nudification” apps, claiming that the statute’s punitive provisions leave the company with “no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine’s image-editing features in various ways.” The law, the company argues, violates the First Amendment.

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