Judge denies Musk's xAI request to halt Minnesota’s ban on AI nudification technology
The first-in-the-nation ban will take effect as scheduled on Aug. 1. Judge says timing of suit suggests “harm is not immediate.”
ST. PAUL — A federal judge on Friday, July 31, denied Elon Musk’s xAI request to halt Minnesota’s ban on AI nudification technology. Musk’s company xAI, which developed Grok, argued in its suit filed Monday that Minnesota’s ban on the technology is “clumsy,” violates the First Amendment, and requested a temporary restraining order as the ban is set to take effect on Aug. 1. United States District Judge Donovan Frank denied that TRO request on Friday. The ban will go into effect as scheduled on Saturday, Aug. 1. ADVERTISEMENT “xAI filed the motion on July 29, 2026, nearly three months after the law was signed, and only three days before the law is set to take effect,” Frank wrote. “Such a delay in bringing the action and the motion suggests that harm is not immediate.” The ban prohibits AI nudification technology in Minnesota and allows affected parties to sue the platforms that allow nudification for damages, or to sue anyone who advertises that technology. Authors of the bill blasted Musk for the suit Wednesday, saying they expect it will be upheld by the courts. Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement Friday that he’s “extremely proud” to be defending this law, which is the first of its kind in the nation. “Minnesota’s landmark law banning the use of nudification technology will go into effect tomorrow as planned,” Ellison said. “These nudification apps, including Grok Imagine, have been used to generate child sexual abuse materials and harass people in the vilest ways imaginable. That repulsive behavior is not welcome in Minnesota.”
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