华盛顿，10月2日：周五，埃隆·马斯克旗下的xAI成功说服美国联邦上诉法院暂停实施明尼苏达州颁布的全美首例禁止AI生成虚假裸体图片的法律。该法律出台之际，这家科技与社交媒体公司正提起诉讼，主张该法律违反宪法。
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 : Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
位于圣路易斯的美国第八巡回上诉法院在裁决中暂时搁置了该法律的执行，批准了xAI提出的禁令申请。此前，下级法院的法官曾拒绝马斯克要求暂停该法律实施的请求。
The St. Louis-based 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in its order put the law on hold for now, granting a request for an injunction by xAI. A lower court judge last month had rejected Musk’s bid for an order stopping the law.
这项于8月1日正式生效的反“裸体图片生成”法律规定，网站运营商、软件开发者及其他相关方均不得允许用户生成那些描绘真实人物私密部位的逼真图像，即便这些图像并非基于该人物的原始照片制作。xAI主张，该法律限制了受美国宪法保护的言论自由。目前，明尼苏达州与xAI均未对媒体置评请求作出回应。
The state's anti-"nudification" law, which took effect on August 1, prohibits website operators, software developers and others from allowing users to create realistic images depicting an intimate body part that is not shown in an original photo of an identifiable individual. xAI alleges the measure restricts free speech protected by the US Constitution. Minnesota and xAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
美国地方法官多诺万·弗兰克上月裁定，xAI未能证明自身会因该法律遭受不可挽回的损害，同时指出该公司申请紧急救济的时间过晚。
US District Judge Donovan Frank ruled last month that xAI had not shown it would suffer irreparable harm while challenging the law and said the company had waited too long to seek emergency relief.
在上诉过程中，xAI对法官关于其拖延诉讼时间的判定提出异议。该公司还强调，其开发的Grok Imagine工具配备了“严密的安全机制”，可防止生成涉及真实人物的裸体或色情图像。
In its appeal, xAI disputed the judge's finding that it delayed bringing suit. The company also said its Grok Imagine tool includes "rigorous protections" against creating nudified or sexualized images of real people.
目前，xAI已开始起诉那些涉嫌绕过Grok技术屏障、未经他人许可便生成其色情图像的用户。
xAI has begun suing users whom it alleges are evading Grok’s technological blockers to create sexual images of people without their consent.
明尼苏达州此前曾恳请上诉法院不要叫停该法律。该州称，今年出台此项举措旨在遏制“大量由Grok Imagine等AI产品生成的儿童色情内容”的扩散。
Minnesota had urged the appeals court not to block the law. The state has said it adopted the measure this year to combat the spread of what it called a “staggering amount (of) child sexual abuse material that AI products like Grok Imagine generate.”