Musk Loses Bid to Overturn Minnesota's AI Law that Passed Unanimously

Monday, August 03, 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.

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Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company is suing Minnesota over a first-in-the-nation law banning technology that allows users to create and post deepfake videos or images of people naked without their consent.

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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

Any smart ones

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-02 06:43 PM | Reply

How does fake kiddie porn " Victimize" anyone?

If it's AI generated?

Doesn't prosecution of the possession of Fake images really Amount to Thoughtcrime?

Are we really going there?

If real people are being hurt to produce it that's one thing.

But just spanking to fake kiddie pictures?

Not a Crime....

It probably PREVENTS actual child abuse.

They can Fantasize without hurting real Kids?

It's not like Pedophiles are going anywhere.

Our Dear Leader is Spanking Away.

With Actual Kids.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-08-02 06:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

let's say it's a real kid, AI'd in to a fake porn situation, and shared around the school. That could do some real harm.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-02 07:03 PM | Reply

That's not totally fake.

It's a hybrid of real and fake.

That scenario would be Chargeable because of the presence of an actual person's image.

Totally fake images are another thing altogether.

At least pretend To Argue in Good faith.

Nobody said anything about a real kid's face on an AI Torso.

I'm saying COMPLETELY Fake images for Private Use, Are not Chargeable because prosecution of such images amounts to Thoughtcrime.

Which is absurd Tyranny.

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-08-02 07:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"That's not totally fake."

Neither is the source material for AI Generated Kiddie Porn.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 09:28 AM | Reply

"AI material" is entirely based on everyone's real world data, placing moles and crooked teeth and whatnot from any source it sees fitting the "real world" it is generating from everyone.

AI generating real world scenarios requires oversight.

We don't have the AI input developed for that, just the porn.

Imo.

#9 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-08-04 02:34 PM | Reply