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Sunday, August 02, 2026

A federal judge has rejected X.AI's request for a temporary restraining order that would have halted enforcement of Minnesota's AI nudification ban. The bill was passed with near unanimous support in both the Minnesota House and Senate earlier this year. The law bans the use of technology that generates fake nude images of real people. X.AI challenged the law, saying the company already prohibits its users from generating nude or sexualized images of people without their consent and claims the Minnesota statute "imposes an overbroad, content-based ban on free speech and the tools of visual expression in a clumsy attempt to prohibit nudification."

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The court wrote in its opinion denying the request that "X.AI filed the motion on July 29, 2026, nearly three months after the law was signed, and only three days before the law is set to take effect. Such a delay in bringing the action and the motion suggests that harm is not immediate."

"I am extremely proud to be defending this law, and along with it, the dignity of the people of Minnesota," said Attorney General Ellison. "Minnesota's landmark law banning the use of nudification technology will go into effect tomorrow as planned. These nudification apps, including Grok Imagine, have been used to generate child sexual abuse materials and harass people in the vilest ways imaginable. That repulsive behavior is not welcome in Minnesota."

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Nude Nazis Unite!!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-02 12:37 PM | Reply

CSAMRUNT is crushed.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-02 12:42 PM | Reply

Doesn't the UK have a suit along these same lines?

I wonder which nations will ban X first?

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-08-02 03:06 PM | Reply

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