XAI’S LAST-MINUTE SCRAMBLE TO STOP MINNESOTA’S ANTI-NUDIFICATION APP LAW

xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets "nudification" apps, claiming that the statute's punitive provisions leave the company with "no practical choice… Back in January, Grok flooded the internet with millions of sexually explicit deepfakes, including images of minors.

The Verge reports that xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets "nudification" apps, claiming that the statute's punitive provisions leave the company with "no practical choice…

The report adds: Back in January, Grok flooded the internet with millions of sexually explicit deepfakes, including images of minors.

In another era, a content moderation disaster of this magnitude would have had the CEO flipping the kill switch on the product within hours.

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