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Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps
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This is the first US state-level ban on AI-powered nudify apps to survive an initial legal challenge, establishing an early enforcement precedent for regulating AI-generated explicit content. The judge's focus on xAI's delayed filing signals that companies seeking emergency injunctive relief against new regulations need to act promptly or risk being denied on procedural grounds alone.
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The judge cited xAI's timing—filing nearly three months after the law was signed and just three days before its effective date—as evidence that the harm was not immediate enough to warrant a restraining order.
Minnesota's ban on nudify apps can now be enforced, though xAI's broader lawsuit challenging the law as 'overinclusive' will continue in court.
The case follows incidents where users of xAI's Grok chatbot generated non-consensual sexualized images on X, which triggered investigations and bans.
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