Judge Refuses xAI's Request To Stop A Minnesota Law Banning 'Nudify' Apps

Key Points:

• Minnesota's new law banning apps and websites from generating nonconsensual intimate imagery takes effect today after a federal judge denied xAI's request to halt its enforcement, ruling the company failed to show immediate harm.
• US District Judge Donovan Frank highlighted xAI's delayed legal challenge, filed just three days before the law's implementation, as a factor in rejecting the preliminary injunction.
• The law imposes fines of $500,000 on developers each time a user generates a nonconsensual intimate AI deepfake, defining "nudified" images as those realistically altered to depict intimate parts not present in the original image.
• xAI's lawsuit argues the law is an overly broad, content-based restriction that infringes on free speech and artistic expression, though the company claims it does not oppose efforts to prevent the spread of fake nude images.
• A court hearing is scheduled for August 19 to consider whether to grant a preliminary injunction against the law, which is the first legislation of its kind in the United States.