U.S. Expresses Interest In x.AI’s Nudification Suit; Minnesota Moves To Dismiss

( August 21, 2026, 9:24 AM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — The United States filed a statement of interest in response to x.AI LLC’s lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s anti-nudification law, comparing and contrasting the state’s law with federal laws prohibiting the same type of computer-facilitated sexual harm.  In a motion to dismiss the complaint, defendant Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says x.AI lacks third-party standing and that the law’s focus on child and revenge pornography is constitutional....