Judge denies xAI's request to block Minnesota ban on 'nudify' apps
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A federal judge denied xAI's request to temporarily block a Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps, allowing the law to take effect while the lawsuit proceeds. The judge cited xAI's delay in filing the request, which came nearly three months after the law was signed and only three days before it was set to take effect.
A U.S. District Judge, Donovan Frank, denied xAI's request for a temporary restraining order against a Minnesota law that bans apps allowing users to 'nudify' images. The ruling was based primarily on the timing of the lawsuit: xAI filed on July 29, 2026, almost three months after the law was signed and only three days before it was scheduled to take effect on August 1. Judge Frank noted that such a delay suggests the harm is not immediate. This ruling does not end the lawsuit; it only allows the law to take effect while the litigation continues. In its suit, xAI argued that the ban, the first of its kind in the United States, is 'overinclusive' and that there are less restrictive alternatives to achieve the same ends. Earlier this year, users of Elon Musk's social media platform X used xAI's Grok chatbot to generate non-consensual sexualized images on the platform, leading to investigations and bans.
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