xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law

xAI is taking legal action against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law targeting "nudification" apps, claiming it violates the First Amendment. The law, passed in May, would force xAI to restrict image-editing features on its Grok Imagine platform due to punitive provisions. xAI's Grok platform had previously been involved in a content moderation disaster, flooding the internet with millions of sexually explicit deepfakes, including images of minors, back in January. The company is now scrambling to stop the law from taking effect.

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