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What just happened? You'd imagine that nobody would object to a Minnesota law that would ban nudify apps in the state, but one company is so opposed to the plan that it's filed a lawsuit against the state's attorney general. Unsurprisingly, that company is Elon Musk's xAI, now called SpaceXAI.
The Minnesota law, which comes into effect this Saturday, would ban apps and websites that allow users to generate non-consensual sexualized imagery. The companies behind these services would be fined $50,000 every time someone creates one of these images.
xAI writes in its complaint that the law is an overbroad, content-based ban on free speech and the tools of visual expression in a "clumsy attempt to prohibit nudification." Lawyers for the firm say that in addition to being a violation of free speech, the fines are too high. It noted that a business whose users generated 100,000 of these images would be charged $50 billion.
