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Minnesota lawmakers have passed a bill aimed at stopping a growing form of AI abuse by targeting the platforms that enable it. On Thursday, the Minnesota Senate voted 65-0 to pass House File 1606, sending it to Governor Tim Walz for his signature. The measure bars websites and apps from offering tools that generate realistic fake nude images of identifiable people. Under the bill, companies that control a website, app, or software service cannot allow users to access or use tools to create thes...