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Elon Musk's xAI fails to block Minnesota law banning AI-generated nudify apps

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What just happened? Elon Musk's xAI has failed in its second attempt to kill off a Minnesota law that would ban AI-generated nudify apps in the state. US District Judge Donovan Frank denied the company's motion to block the first-in-the-nation rule on the grounds that xAI had failed to demonstrate it would suffer irreparable harm while its legal challenge proceeds.

On August 1, Minnesota banned apps and websites that allow users to generate non-consensual sexualized imagery. The companies behind these services can be fined $500,000 for each unlawful access or download of images that were altered to make someone appear naked or worse, which could add up to the hundreds of millions or even billions very quickly.

Fearing these punishments, xAI filed a lawsuit against the state in July. Musk's firm wrote that...

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Hackers drain $320M in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, claim they're the good guys

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