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SpaceX's xAI sues Minnesota over law to ban 'nudify' apps
CNBC • • nation
Key Points:
- Elon Musk's xAI, now owned by SpaceX, has sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to challenge a new state law banning apps that generate non-consensual sexualized imagery, known as "nudify" apps.
- The Minnesota law, effective Saturday, imposes fines up to $500,000 per creation of explicit deepfake images and was introduced after a case involving a man who created sexualized images of over 80 women without consent.
- xAI argues the law violates First Amendment rights by imposing an overbroad, content-based ban on free speech and claims the penalties could financially cripple businesses, potentially resulting in billions in fines.
- The company is also facing a class action lawsuit alleging its Grok AI chatbot was used to create and distribute child sexual abuse materials and that xAI failed to report offenders to authorities.
- xAI previously challenged a similar California law targeting AI-generated deepfakes, winning a partial victory when a federal judge struck down restrictions on AI deepfakes during elections.
