Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence platform is challenging a Minnesota law that says companies can be held liable if users “nudify” real people by altering an existing photograph or video.
Musk’s company xAI, maker of the popular Grok AI tool, is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to block the law, which is set to kick in on Aug. 1.
Violators can be fined up to $500,000 for each image.
According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, approximately 117 million people had used Grok as of March 1 this year. If 100 of those users violated Minnesota’s law, it could cost the company $50 million in fines. …