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Judge Lets Minnesota’s Nudification Law Stand as xAI’s Last-Minute Block Attempt Fails
A federal judge has allowed Minnesota's law against nonconsensual intimate imagery to stand, rejecting a last-minute attempt by xAI to block it. The judge cited xAI's significant delay in challenging the law, which imposes a $500,000 penalty on developers for each instance of misuse. While the company argues the law infringes on free speech, litigation is ongoing, with a hearing scheduled for August 19 to decide on a preliminary injunction.
New York's case that Steam lootboxes are "gambling" is a free speech violation that "will have an impermissible chilling effect on protected videogame design", argue Valve
Valve is arguing in a New York court that lootboxes in games like Counter-Strike 2 should not be classified as gambling, asserting that randomized rewards are not real-value items and that regulating them would violate free speech protections for game design. The company contends that the attorney general lacks the authority to enforce such regulations and that the lawsuit could stifle creativity in game development, particularly for aesthetic items like skins.
