Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI should not be allowed to halt the state's ban on AI "nudification," telling a judge xAI's lawsuit challenging the ban is misguided and likely to fail. ...
The law, which took effect on August 1, prohibits website operators, software developers and others from allowing users to create realistic images depicting an intimate body part that is not shown in an original photo of an identifiable individual. ...
xAI has begun suing users whom it alleges are evading Grok’s technological blockers to create sexual images of people without their consent.
In its lawsuit, xAI contends Minnesota law is overly broad and contains “no exception for images of artistic, scientific, political, satirical, educational, medical, or religious significance.” ...
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