Generates images with AI, in Minnesota

Minn. Stat. § 609.771; § 211B.17, .18 (2023 c 58 s 2; 2024 c 112 art 2 ss 76-78) · Read the law's page

• Do not disseminate, or contract to disseminate, an AI-generated deep fake of a candidate without the depicted individual's consent, made with intent to injure the candidate or influence an election, within 90 days of a party nominating convention or during the absentee-voting-through-election-day window before a primary or general election.
• A conviction can carry imprisonment and a fine, and for a candidate, forfeiture of the nomination or office and disqualification from other offices.
• The attorney general, a county or city attorney, the depicted individual, or an injured candidate may seek an injunction against a threatened or ongoing violation.

Minn. Stat. §§ 604.32, 617.262 (2023 c 58 ss 1, 3) · Read the law's page

• Do not disseminate an AI-generated deep fake realistically depicting a person's intimate parts or the person engaging in a sexual act, knowing or with reason to know the depicted individual did not consent to its dissemination.
• The offense escalates to a felony where the disseminator profited, operates a website or app for the purpose of disseminating such material, posted it online, obtained it unlawfully, or has a prior conviction under the chapter.
• A depicted individual may also sue civilly for damages, disgorgement of profit, a civil penalty of up to $100,000, and injunctive relief.
• An interactive computer service or telecommunications provider is not liable under section 617.262 solely for content provided by another person.

Minn. Stat. §§ 617.246, subd. 1(f)(2)(iv), .247, .2471 (2025 c 35 art 4 ss 12-13; art 5 s 21) · Read the law's page

• A visual depiction of an identifiable minor engaging in sexual conduct that is created or altered using generative AI, and is obscene, is child sexual abuse material under Minnesota law exactly as a photographic depiction would be.
• Disseminating or possessing such material carries the same felony exposure as any other child sexual abuse material under sections 617.246 and 617.247.
• An interactive computer service or telecommunications provider is not liable under sections 617.246 or 617.247 for AI-generated material of this kind based solely on actions taken to prevent, detect, or respond to it, or for content provided by another person.

Minn. Stat. § 325E.91 (2026 c 72) · Read the law's page

• Do not allow a user of your website, application, software, program, or other service to access, download, or use it to nudify an image or video of an identifiable individual, and do not nudify one on a user's behalf.
• Do not advertise or promote a service that performs either of those actions.
• A service that requires the user's own substantial technical or artistic skill to produce the nudified result falls outside the prohibition.
• Violations expose you to an attorney general civil penalty of up to $500,000 per unlawful access, download, or use, and to a private civil action for compensatory damages of up to three times the actual amount, punitive damages, injunctive relief, and attorney fees.

Minn. Stat. § 609.527, subd. 1(e), (f) and subd. 2 · Read the law's page

• Do not transfer, possess or use an identity that is not your own, including a forged digital likeness of an actual individual, with the intent to commit, aid or abet any unlawful activity (Minn. Stat. § 609.527, subd. 1(f) and subd. 2).

MN SF 1886 / HF 4452, 94th Leg., 2025–2026 session (in committee as of March 2026)

• This measure is in committee and binds nobody yet; what follows is what it would require if it is enacted in this form.
• Disclose clearly that the communicating party is artificial intelligence when an AI system communicates with an individual.
• Offer an option to speak with a human.