A remarkable new law went into effect in Minnesota on Saturday that bans nudification apps, AI-based or not. It penalizes the app provider by enabling lawsuits from victims, and levying fairly harsh fines of up to $500,000 not just per generation, but every time someone accesses the image, meaning a viral image could be financially catastrophic.
Just before it went into effect, District Court Judge Donovan Frank denied a last minute legal request from xAI, sometimes known as SpaceXAI, the AI division of the Elon Musk-led conglomerate, and the originator of the Grok AI chatbot. XAI’s request for a temporary restraining order would have…
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