SpaceXAI LLC v. Ellison

On 27 July 2026, X.AI LLC filed a Complaint in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota against Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota. The Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief challenging House File 1606 ("HF 1606"), a Minnesota statute that prohibits AI platforms from allowing users to create or alter images to depict an "intimate part", defined to include the inner thigh, buttocks, and breast, in a way that appears realistic.

The statute imposes strict liability of $500,000 per violation, with no exemption for good-faith efforts to prevent misuse, and also establishes a private right of action with treble damages and punitive damages.

X.AI alleges that HF 1606 sweeps in substantial protected speech, including political satire, artistic works, scientific and educational content, and religious imagery, and prohibits even consensual or self-generated images without any dissemination requirement. The Complaint asserts that the statute's overbroad definition of "intimate part" and strict-liability regime create a chilling effect on constitutionally protected expression and leave no safe harbour for platforms employing state-of-the-art safeguards.

X.AI brings claims under the First Amendment of the US Constitution, alleging content-based restriction of protected speech triggering strict scrutiny and overbreadth of the law. The Complaint invokes 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28 U.S.C. § 2201(a) (impermissible burdens on speech and content based discrimination).

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