Minnesota 'nudification' law survives xAI's request for a legal injunction

A Minnesota federal judge rejected xAI's request for an injunction to block the state's 'nudification' law, which bans AI-generated nude images without consent, while its constitutional challenge proceeds. U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank denied the motion on September 4, 2026, allowing the law to remain in effect.

The District Court of Minnesota has rejected the efforts of Elon Musk's xAI to seek an injunction to suspend the law until a court could hear its constitutional challenge to the law itself, according to a report by Reuters https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/musks-xai-loses-court-bid-block-minnesotas-ai-nudification-ban-2026-09-04/ . Judge Donovan W. Frank, in his