Prince Harry, Meghan Slam Elon Musk Over Multistate Fake Nude Image Laws
The Sussexes took aim at a lawsuit targeting legislation seeking to ban "nudification" technology that xAI says exceeds that aim.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have criticized Elon Musk's company for prioritizing profits over safeguarding children from "nudification" apps. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not mention Musk by name but singled out the trillionaire head of the tech firm behind X's Grok AI chatbot. The couple commended Minnesota's Senate for enacting a law prohibiting apps that utilize AI to generate fake naked or sexualized photos of individuals and alleged Musk had initiated legal action to challenge the ban. The statement also alluded to recent laws in Pennsylvania, North Dakota, and California.
xAI, Musk's artificial intelligence company, filed a lawsuit in Minnesota to halt a state law designed to prohibit "nudification" technology. The Minnesota statute, signed into law by Governor Tim Walz, bans apps and websites from enabling users to create AI-generated nude or sexually explicit images of real people without consent.
The law also sets penalties of up to $500,000 per violation and provides avenues for enforcement by victims and the state attorney general. xAI claims the law overly restricts free speech and the tools of visual expression, arguing its users cannot generate nude or sexually explicit images without consent. However, xAI's lawyers expressed concern that the company could face liability under the law if users successfully create nude images, regardless of the platform's efforts to prevent such actions.
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