US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
03 Oct 2026 05:14AM (Updated: 03 Oct 2026 05:25AM)
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 : Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
The St. Louis-based 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in its order put the law on hold, granting a request for an injunction by Musk’s xAI. A lower court judge last month had rejected Musk’s bid for an order stopping the law.
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