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xAI Sues to Block Minnesota's Ban on Nudifying Apps

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Ars Technica AI ·

Elon Musk's xAI has filed a lawsuit challenging a Minnesota law that bans apps capable of generating nude images, arguing it violates the First Amendment. The law, set to take effect in August, targets tools like Grok that can create explicit content. xAI claims the ban is overly broad and stifles legitimate AI development.

Meridian48 take
xAI's legal challenge frames a legitimate free speech debate, but it conveniently sidesteps the real harm from AI-generated nonconsensual intimate images.
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