Key facts
- A US federal appeals court has blocked Minnesota's law banning AI-generated fake nude images.
- Elon Musk's xAI requested the injunction, arguing the law is unconstitutional.
- The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted xAI's request for an injunction.
- A lower court had previously rejected xAI's bid to halt the law.
A US federal appeals court has temporarily blocked Minnesota's law that bans AI-generated fake nude images, following a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI. The St. Louis-based 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted xAI's request for an injunction, putting the law on hold. This decision overturns a previous ruling by a lower court judge who had rejected xAI's bid to stop the law last month. xAI argues that the law is unconstitutional.