内容来源：https://www.engadget.com/2225792/xai-challenging-new-minnesota-law-banning-nudify-apps/

内容总结：

明尼苏达州“禁止AI脱衣应用”新法引争议，马斯克旗下xAI起诉州政府

美国明尼苏达州一项针对“脱衣换脸”类AI应用的新法律将于今年8月正式生效，该法旨在禁止未经同意生成他人色情深度伪造图片的软件和网站，并对开发者按用户使用次数处以每次最高50万美元罚款。然而，埃隆·马斯克旗下公司xAI（现已随两公司合并正式更名为SpaceXAI）近日向该州总检察长基思·埃里森提起诉讼，指控该法令“过于宽泛，以内容为基础屏蔽言论自由和视觉表达工具”。

xAI在诉状中表示，公司并非反对明州禁止传播未经同意生成的色情伪造图像的立法初衷，但该法“远远超出了这一目标，使大量受保护的言论面临民事处罚和政府制裁的风险”。xAI强调，其严格禁止用户未经授权生成裸体或色情图片，并已对一名来自南卡罗来纳州的用户提起诉讼——该用户利用Grok模型将多位成年人和未成年人的真实照片制作成非自愿色情内容。

xAI指出，若该法生效，公司将“别无选择，只能自2026年8月1日起以多种方式限制Grok Imagine的图像编辑功能”，导致“原本受保护的言论在法律实施前就遭到压制”。公司请求法院宣布该法违宪并阻止其执行。

针对这起诉讼，明州总检察长埃里森在社交媒体X上发文回应：“AI脱衣行为剥夺了受害者的尊严，并可能在多个层面造成巨大伤害。值得讨论的AI议题很多，但这不属于其中之一。”明州州长沃尔兹则直接警告：“法庭见，卑鄙的家伙。”（翻译：“See you in court, creep.”）

值得注意的是，xAI自年初以来已因允许用户将真实女性及儿童照片转化为色情图像而遭受广泛调查，包括加州、英国通信管理局、欧盟委员会及爱尔兰数据保护委员会等多家监管机构均对其展开审查。即便xAI事后采取措施防范非自愿深度伪造，其系统仍被曝出存在漏洞。

中文翻译：

xAI正对明尼苏达州一项禁止“脱衣换脸”应用的新法律提出挑战。该法将于今年8月生效。
xAI——在埃隆·马斯克旗下两家公司合并后正式更名为SpaceXAI——已对明尼苏达州总检察长基思·埃里森提起诉讼，质疑该州新法律的合法性。这项法律将禁止能够生成未经同意的私密图像的应用和网站，并规定每当用户利用这些工具制作性深度伪造内容时，开发者将面临罚款。作为全美首部此类法律，该法于今年早些时候由州长蒂姆·沃尔兹签署，定于8月生效。
xAI在诉状中称，该法构成“基于内容的言论自由和视觉表达工具的过度限制，笨拙地试图禁止‘裸体化’行为”。公司表示，它并非质疑明尼苏达州“禁止未经他人同意传播其人工智能生成裸照的立法意图”，但该法“远超此目标，将大量受保护的言论置于民事处罚和政府制裁的阴影下”。
自年初以来，xAI因被曝允许用户将真实女性与儿童的照片转化为色情图像而陷入舆论风波。多个监管机构对其展开调查，包括加州、英国通信管理局、欧盟委员会及爱尔兰数据保护委员会。即便该公司采取措施防止非自愿深度伪造，其系统仍允许用户对照片进行“一键脱衣”。
xAI在诉状中强调：“xAI严格禁止用户在未经他人同意的情况下生成裸体或色情图像，并已对规避技术限制、违反禁令生成此类图像的用户提起诉讼。”例如，该公司近期起诉了南卡罗来纳州一名用户——此人利用Grok模型，对多名成年人与未成年人的真实照片进行非自愿私密图像生成。
根据新法，用户每使用某开发者的产品生成一次非自愿成人深度伪造内容，该开发者将被罚款50万美元。xAI表示，若该条款生效，公司“从2026年8月1日起，除限制Grok Imagine的图像编辑功能外，别无实际选择”。公司称，“该法生效前本可自由传播的受保护言论，将因此遭到扼杀”。xAI请求法院宣布该法违宪，并阻止州政府执行。
针对此诉讼，埃里森在X平台发文称：“围绕AI话题有许多值得探讨的议题，但这不属于其中之一。AI脱衣行为剥夺了受害者的尊严，可能在多个层面造成巨大伤害。”州长沃尔兹则简短回应：“法庭见，败类。”
未经他人同意使用AI生成裸体图像，令人发指。
AI领域有许多值得探讨的议题，但这不属于其中之一。AI脱衣行为剥夺了受害者的尊严，可能在多个层面造成巨大伤害。
我们法庭见。https://t.co/OcsZPkVNmk
——明尼苏达州总检察长基思·埃里森（@AGEllison）2026年7月28日

英文来源：

xAI is challenging a new Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps
The law is set to take effect this August.
xAI — now officially known as SpaceXAI after the merging of Elon Musk's two companies – has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to challenge the state's new law that would ban apps and websites that can generate nonconsensual intimate images. It would also impose fines on their developers every time people use them to create sexual deepfakes. The law, the first of its kind in the nation, was approved by Gov. Tim Walz earlier this year and is slated to take effect in August.
In its complaint, the company says the law was an "overbroad, content-based ban on free speech and the tools of visual expression in a clumsy attempt to prohibit 'nudification.'" xAI, it reads, isn't contesting Minnesota's "interest in prohibiting the dissemination of artificially generated nude images of real people without their consent." However, the law "extends far beyond that goal, exposing a wide array of protected speech to civil liability and government sanction."
The company has been in hot water since the beginning of the year after reports came out that it has been allowing its users to transform photos of real women and children into sexualized images. Multiple authorities and regulators launched investigations into the company, including California's, UK's Ofcom, the European Commission and Ireland's Data Protection Commission. Even after it implemented measures to prevent nonconsensual deepfakes, its system still allowed users to undress people.
"xAI strictly prohibits its users from generating nude or sexualized images of people without their consent and has indeed filed suit against users who evade its extensive technological blockers to generate such images in violation of this strict prohibition," the company writes in its complaint. Indeed, it recently sued a user from South Carolina for using Grok to generate nonconsensual intimate imagery using real photos of numerous adults and minors.
The new law would fine developers $500,000 every time a user generates a nonconsensual adult deepfake using their products. xAI says that with that rule in place, it would have "no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine's image-editing features in various ways when the statute takes effect on August 1, 2026." It claims that "protected speech freely available before the law takes effect will thus be chilled." The company is asking the court to declare the law unconstitutional and to prevent the state from enforcing it.
In response to the lawsuit, Ellison posted on X that there are plenty of worthy debates to be had when it comes to AI, but this isn't one of them. "AI nudification robs the target of their dignity and could cause them immense harm on many levels." Gov. Waltz simply posted: "See you in court, creep."
Using AI to generate nude images of people against their will is appalling.
There are plenty of worthy debates to have about AI. This is not one of them. AI nudification robs the target of their dignity and could cause them immense harm on many levels.
I'll see X in court. https://t.co/OcsZPkVNmk
— Attorney General Keith Ellison (@AGEllison) July 28, 2026