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Elon Musk's Company Sues Minnesota over Ban on AI Nudification Technology
The company says the law is an overbroad, content-based restriction that would limit visual expression and free speech.
- On Monday, Elon Musk's xAI sued Minnesota in District Court to block a new law banning AI 'nudification' technology, arguing the measure 'imposes an overbroad, content-based ban on free speech' ahead of its Aug. 1 effective date.
- The Minnesota Legislature passed the bill 132-1 in the House and 65-0 in the Senate to prohibit AI nudification, allowing affected parties to sue platforms for damages of at least $500,000 for each unlawful access.
- Rep. Jess Hanson, DFL-Burnsville, called Musk's challenge 'absolutely disgusting' and stated the ban is 'designed to protect children from sexual exploitation,' while xAI argued it 'strictly prohibits its users from generating nude or sexualized images of people without their consent.'
- Lawmakers planned a celebration Wednesday before the lawsuit announcement disrupted the nation's first such ban, with Sen. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple Valley, noting the bill simply requires apps and websites to disable nudification functions.
- Musk has previously challenged Minnesota's political deepfake statute; while Congress passed the 2025 Take It Down Act to criminalize non-consensual publication of intimate images, that federal legislation stopped short of penalizing deepfake creation.
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Musk Sues Minnesota Over Ban On Nude Deepfakes
Minnesota Public Radio reports: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is suing Minnesota over a first-in-the-nation law banning technology that allows users to create and post deepfake videos or images of people naked without their consent. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Minnesota, x.AI LLC argues the law is “clumsy” and that it’s already policing users to pinpoint bad actors. The law passed the Legislature this year with…
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