Minnesota's law banning non-consensual intimate image generation through AI has gone into effect after a federal judge declined xAI's request to pause enforcement. The ruling represents a significant legal victory for the state's effort to regulate AI-generated sexual content, with xAI's challenge to the law's constitutionality rejected at the preliminary stage.
Why it matters: This case signals how courts may weigh AI companies' free speech arguments against state interests in protecting citizens from synthetic sexual abuse, setting a critical precedent for AI regulation nationwide.