Minnesota is urging a federal judge to keep HF-1606 in force as xAI challenges the state's new ban on AI tools that let users create realistic sexual images of identifiable people. In a Friday filing, Attorney General Keith Ellison argued xAI is unlikely to win its First Amendment claim and has not shown irreparable harm, casting Grok Imagine as technology that enables digital sexual victimization rather than protected speech. The law, enacted in April and effective since August 1, carries penalties of up to $500,000 per image and was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support after testimony that a man used social media photos to create fake sexual images of more than 80 women he knew personally. xAI says the statute is overbroad because it can cover consensual images, self-created images, satire, and images that are never shared, while offering no safe harbor for developers making good-faith efforts to prevent abuse. The case comes amid wider scrutiny of Grok over sexual deepfakes and alleged child sexual abuse material, and its outcome could influence how other states seek to regulate generative AI tools capable of producing non-consensual intimate imagery.