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August 2, 2026

Grok loses bid to block 'nudify' app ban

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A judge ruled against xAI in a key legal case involving its image generation tools.

Grok

Grok

A judge ruled that Minnesota can enforce its ban on apps that create non-consensual nude images, a law xAI had challenged.

A Minnesota law banning apps that can 'nudify' images will move forward despite a lawsuit from xAI. The law was passed after users of Grok created and spread non-consensual sexualized images on the social media platform X earlier this year. Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward, according to NBC News . | Earlier this year, users of Elon Musk’s social media platform X (both X and xAI, are now part of SpaceX) used xAI’s Grok chatbot to flood the platform with non-consensual sexualized images , leading to investigations and bans . | TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportatio… Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward, according to NBC News . Earlier this year, users of Elon Musk’s social media platform X (both X and xAI, are now part of SpaceX) used xAI’s Grok chatbot to flood the platform with non-consensual sexualized images , leading to………

Source · Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps | TechCrunch
Source · Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps | TechCrunch
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ChatGPT

ChatGPT

Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT | TechCrunch

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed excited to share what he called a “cool use case” on Friday, posting that parents could “connect your family calendars and explain your kids’ interests” to the company’s new product ChatGPT Work , then “every m… | Altman’s post also echoed comments he’s made about parenting in the past, most notably when he appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and declared, “I cannot imagine… OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed excited to share what he called a “cool use case” on Friday, posting that parents could “connect your family calendars and explain your kids’ interests” to the company’s new product ChatGPT Work , then “every m… Altman’s post also echoed comments he’s made about parenting in the past, most notably when he appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and declared, “I cannot imagine having gone through figuring out how to raise a newborn without… But while OpenAI has added safety features for parents , it also faces multiple lawsuits from…

Source · Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT | TechCrunch
Source · Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT | TechCrunch

Claude Code

Claude Code

The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it.

The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it. The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by… The Making of Claude Code

Source · The Making of Claude Code
Source · The Making of Claude Code