xAI Sues Minnesota Over the First US 'Nudify' Ban

xAI filed suit in federal court against Minnesota’s attorney general over House File 1606, which takes effect August 1 and makes platform operators strictly liable when users generate images depicting “intimate parts.” xAI’s argument is structural rather than about the goal: the statute has no scienter requirement and no safe harbour, so exposure to $500,000-per-incident penalties turns entirely on user conduct regardless of what the operator knew or prohibited. The company says it will restrict Grok Imagine’s editing features for Minnesota residents before the deadline. It is the first real test of strict-liability drafting against generative platforms.