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Appeals court blocks Minnesota AI 'nudification' law in XAI suit
Original: US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit
A US appeals court has temporarily blocked Minnesota's law banning AI tools that create nude images of real people without consent, in a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's XAI. The ruling pauses enforcement of the statute while the legal challenge proceeds, sharpening debate over whether state laws restricting AI-generated explicit imagery violate free speech protections.
Why now: The ruling tests how far states can regulate AI-generated sexual imagery of real people, a fast-growing concern.
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