US appeals court blocks Minnesota law barring 'nudified' photos in XAI lawsuit美国上诉法院阻止明尼苏达州禁止发布“裸露”照片的法律，该法律在XAI诉讼案中被驳回。
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
The St. Louis-based 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in its order put the law on hold for now, granting a request for an injunction by xAI. A lower court judge last month had rejected Musk’s bid for an order stopping the law.
The state's anti-"nudification"law, which took effect on August 1, prohibits website operators, software developers and others from allowing users to create realistic images depicting an intimate body part that is not shown in an original photo of an identifiable individual.
xAIalleges the measure restricts free speech protected by the USConstitution.
Minnesota and xAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
USDistrict Judge Donovan Frank ruled last month that xAI had not shown it would suffer irreparable harm while challenging the law and said the company had waited too long to seek emergency relief.
In its appeal,xAI disputed the judge's finding that it delayed bringing suit. The company also said its Grok Imagine tool includes "rigorous protections" against creating nudified or sexualized images of real people.
xAI has begun suing users whom it alleges are evading Grok’s technological blockers to create sexual images of people without their consent.
Minnesota had urged the appeals court not to block the law. The state has said it adopted the measure this year to combat the spread of what it called a “staggering amount (of) child sexual abuse material that AI products like Grok Imagine generate.”
(Reporting by Mike Scarcella; Editing by David Bario and David Gregorio)
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华盛顿，10 月 2 日（路透社）——埃隆·马斯克的 xAI 公司周五说服美国联邦上诉法院停止执行明尼苏达州全美首个禁止人工智能生成的虚假裸照的法律。这家科技和社交媒体公司正在提起诉讼，声称该法律违宪。
位于圣路易斯的美国第八巡回上诉法院在其命令中暂停了该法律的实施，批准了xAI公司提出的禁令请求。上个月，一名下级法院法官驳回了马斯克要求阻止该法律实施的申请。
该州的反“裸露”法于 8 月 1 日生效，禁止网站运营者、软件开发人员和其他人员允许用户创建逼真的图像，描绘出在可识别个人的原始照片中未显示的私密身体部位。
xAI 声称该措施限制了受美国宪法保护的言论自由。
明尼苏达州和xAI公司尚未对此事作出回应。
美国地区法官多诺万·弗兰克上个月裁定，xAI公司未能证明其在挑战该法律时会遭受不可弥补的损害，并表示该公司寻求紧急救济的时间太长了。
xAI在上诉中对法官认定其延迟提起诉讼的裁决提出异议。该公司还表示，其Grok Imagine工具包含“严格的保护措施”，可防止创建真人裸露或性化图像。
xAI 已开始起诉一些用户，指控他们绕过 Grok 的技术拦截器，在未经他人同意的情况下创建他人的性图像。
明尼苏达州曾敦促上诉法院不要阻止该法律的实施。该州表示，今年通过这项措施是为了打击其所谓的“数量惊人的儿童性虐待材料”（这些材料是由Grok Imagine等人工智能产品生成的）的传播。
（迈克·斯卡塞拉报道；大卫·巴里奥和大卫·格雷戈里奥编辑）
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