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**xAI (SpaceX) Sues Minnesota AG Over Nudify App Ban, Citing First Amendment Violations** Elon Musk's xAI, now owned by SpaceX, has filed a federal lawsuit in Minnesota against Attorney General Keith Ellison, challenging a state law set to take effect Saturday that bans so-called nudify apps and imposes $500,000 fines per instance of non-consensual deepfake imagery. The suit, filed Monday, argues the statute imposes an overbroad, content-based restriction on free speech and visual expression, violating First Amendment protections. Lawyers for xAI warn that penalties could reach $50 billion if users create 100,000 prohibited images. The Minnesota law, spearheaded by state Sen. Erin Maye Quade after a man used social media photos to create sexualized images of over 80 women, targets apps enabling non-consensual sexualized imagery generation. xAI, facing a separate proposed class action alleging its Grok AI chatbot and image generator was used to create child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), maintains it strictly prohibits such use and has sued users who evade its technological blockers. The company previously challenged a similar California deepfake law, which a federal judge partly struck down. This legal battle aligns with search intent for readers tracking AI regulation, deepfake legislation, and Musk's corporate legal strategies.