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xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law
The VergeWednesday, July 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets "nudification" apps, claiming that the statute's punitive provisions leave the company with "no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine's image-editing features in…
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xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets "nudification" apps, claiming that the statute's punitive provisions leave the company with "no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine's image-editing features in…
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Timeline
The Verge published: xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law
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Economic impact
Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Minnesota and Last-minute.
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