{"id":426115,"date":"2026-05-02T03:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/minnesota-moves-to-ban-ai-apps-that-generate-fake-nude-images-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T04:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:15:08","slug":"minnesota-moves-to-ban-ai-apps-that-generate-fake-nude-images-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/minnesota-moves-to-ban-ai-apps-that-generate-fake-nude-images-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Moves to Ban AI Apps That Generate Fake Nude Images &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position:relative;overflow:visible;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.58\">\n<div class=\"pt-8 pb-10 border-t border-b border-decryptGridline \">\n<h4 class=\"sc-b2a202e4-4 bNRGqr gg-dark:text-white\" color=\"#333\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Minnesota lawmakers passed a bill banning AI tools that generate fake nude images.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Violators face up to $500,000 per use and potential triple damages.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The law keeps Section 230 protections and will takes effect August 1 if signed into law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Decrypt News roundup with TylerD - May 1st\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/05PveWPW7UYKghERnSe86u?si=g2uvN3AUTnyY5F47lv3K1w&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Minnesota lawmakers have passed a bill aimed at stopping a growing form of AI abuse by targeting the platforms that enable it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">On Thursday, the Minnesota Senate voted 65-0 to pass <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/94\/2025\/0\/HF\/1606\/versions\/2\/pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">House File 1606<\/a>, sending it to Governor Tim Walz for his signature. The measure bars websites and apps from offering tools that generate realistic fake nude images of identifiable people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Under the bill, companies that control a website, app, or software service cannot allow users to access or use tools to create these images or generate them on a user\u2019s behalf. Advertising or promoting such services is also prohibited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The measure allows victims to sue the people or companies that operate or control nudification tools, such as websites, apps, or software that generate fake nude images. People depicted in AI-generated nude images can seek damages, including for mental anguish, and courts can award up to three times the actual damages, along with punitive damages, attorney fees, and orders to stop the conduct.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:0\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.markets\/embed\/market\/who-ipos-first-d112e68a-b7d1-4991-9f77-ca2db82cdc99\" width=\"100%\" height=\"415px\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The bill also gives the state attorney general the power to enforce the law, with civil penalties of up to $500,000 per use. According to the bill, those penalties are directed into the state\u2019s general fund and then appropriated to victim services, including support for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The bill targets tools that require little technical expertise and have become widely accessible, including to minors. If signed, the law takes effect August 1 and applies to new cases from that date forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">While the new bill doesn\u2019t reference a single AI developer, the news comes after a series of high-profile incidents on the social platform X, including in August 2025, when Elon Musk\u2019s xAI tool, Grok, generated nude deepfakes of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/333796\/elon-musk-xai-nude-deepfakes-taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Taylor Swift<\/a>. The pop superstar moved to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/365720\/taylor-swift-trademarks-voice-mage-fight-ai-fakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">trademark<\/a> her voice and likeness with the U.S. Patent Office in April, perhaps in a move to head off future AI reproductions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Musk is also facing mounting legal pressure, including a federal <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/361331\/minors-sue-xai-california-alleged-grok-deepfake-images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">class action<\/a> lawsuit filed by three Tennessee minors alleging Grok generated child sexual abuse material from their images. Also, a consumer protection <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/362265\/baltimore-sues-x-xai-grok-deepfakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">lawsuit<\/a> from the city of Baltimore claims the company knowingly deployed a system that produces and spreads nonconsensual sexualized content, including of minors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Public Citizen co-president Robert Weissman said the spread of these tools reflects how quickly AI has lowered the barrier to creating nonconsensual intimate imagery and expanded its reach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">\u201cThese apps are 99% targeting women, over 90% of whom are under 18. It\u2019s a tool of intimidation and harassment of women with really severe psychological consequences,\u201d Weissman told <i>Decrypt<\/i>. \u201cYou\u2019ve seen this across the country and the world. So the need for government intervention and regulation is acute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Weissman added that state-level laws can play a role alongside federal efforts, especially when it comes to enforcement. He said local authorities may be better positioned to act quickly in individual cases, while federal agencies may not prioritize or pursue them at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The Minnesota law also comes during an ongoing fight between President Donald Trump\u2019s administration and states over who should control AI <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/361929\/white-house-ai-proposal-override-state-laws-avoid-new-regulator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">regulation<\/a>. The Take It Down Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump in May 2025, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/320996\/trump-signs-bipartisan-act-targeting-deepfake-abuse-online-exploitation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">criminalizes<\/a> the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images and provides victims a path to seek civil damages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">\u201cI think having complementary federal and state standards is positive, particularly in theory. We\u2019re talking about different enforcement systems and enforcement agencies,\u201d Weissman said. \u201cSo you might have a federal standard, but you might not have federal capacity to do enforcement actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The office of Governor Walz did not immediately respond to <i>Decrypt<\/i>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4 border-b border-decryptGridline\">\n<div class=\"text-start p-8 md:py-12 md:px-12 max-w-prose relative\"><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-[6px] md:border-l-[6px] md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute top-4 left-4 md:top-6 md:left-6\"\/><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-[6px] md:border-l-[6px] md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute rotate-180 bottom-4 right-4 md:bottom-6 md:right-6\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-akzidenz-grotesk font-bold text-xl md:text-3xl md:text-center gg-dark:text-white\">Daily Debrief<!-- --> Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p>Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In brief Minnesota lawmakers passed a bill banning AI tools that generate fake nude images. 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