US court halts AI nude-image ban challenged by Musk - Pravda USA
US court halts AI nude-image ban challenged by Musk - Pravda USA
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US court halts AI nude-image ban challenged by Musk
03.10.2026, 07:58 EST
US court halts AI nude-image ban challenged by Musk
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Pravda USA
US court halts AI nude-image ban challenged by Musk
03.10.2026, 07:58 EST
US court halts AI nude-image ban challenged by Musk
An appeals court blocked a Minnesota law prohibiting AI-generated sexualized images after Elon Musk’s xAI argued that it is unconstitutional and violates free-speech protections
A US appeals court has blocked Minnesota’s ban on AI-generated fake nude images, handing Elon Musk’s xAI an early victory in its free-speech challenge to the law.
The state’s anti-nudification legislation – the first in the nation – which took effect last month, targets apps and websites that enable non-consensual sexualized deepfakes, with fines of up to $500,000 per image. It was spearheaded by state Senator Erin Maye Quade after a man allegedly used social media photos to create explicit images of more than 80 women without their consent. Quade likened the measure to longstanding laws against peeping through windows to take photographs.
Musk’s xAI challenged the law in July on First Amendment grounds, calling it an
“overbroad, content-based ban on free speech”
and warning that penalties could run into the billions of dollars.
This comes as the company faces allegations involving the content the law targets. A class-action lawsuit proposed earlier this year claims that xAI’s Grok Imagine was used to create and distribute child sexual abuse material from real images, and accuses xAI of failing to provide the authorities with information on users who allegedly ‘nudified’ them.
A lower court rejected xAI’s bid to stop the Minnesota law last month. On Friday, however, the St. Louis-based 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted an injunction, putting the legislation on hold while the legal challenge continues.
Minnesota urged the court to keep the law in place, arguing that it is needed to combat the
“staggering amount”
of child sexual abuse material generated by AI products such as Grok Imagine. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s