Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps
In Brief Posted: 1:26 PM PDT · August 1, 2026 Image Credits:Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto / Getty Images Anthony Ha Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward, according to…
In Brief Posted: 1:26 PM PDT · August 1, 2026 Image Credits:Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto / Getty Images Anthony Ha Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward, according to NBC News. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank’s ruling focused as much on the timing of xAI’s lawsuit as on the substance of the law itself. Frank wrote that xAI filed its request for a temporary restraining order “on July 29, 2026, nearly three months after the law was signed, and only three days before the law is set to take effect” on August 1. “Such a delay in bringing the action and the motion suggests that harm is not immediate,” Frank said. This isn’t the end of xAI’s lawsuit against the ban; it only means that the law can take effect while the lawsuit proceeds. In the suit, xAI argued that the ban — the first of its kind in the United States — is “overinclusive” and that “there are far less restrictive alternatives that function to achieve the same ends.” Earlier this year, users of Elon Musk’s social media platform X (both X and xAI, are now part of SpaceX) used xAI’s Grok chatbot to flood the platform with non-consensual sexualized images, leading to investigations and bans. Topics AI, Government & Policy, SpaceX, xAI October 13 – 15 San Francisco Scale faster. Grow your portfolio. Gain practical expertise. No matter your goal, Disrupt can empower you.Save up to $330 today! REGISTER NOW Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related Media & Entertainment YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’ Anthony Ha 9 hours ago AI Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT Anthony Ha 12 hours ago Climate SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year Tim De Chant 2 days ago Latest in Government & Policy In Brief Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps Anthony Ha 8 hours ago In Brief Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label Rebecca Bellan 2 days ago AI Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI Anthony Ha Jul 26, 2026Source: TechCrunch — Published — Category: Business