The CEO of Musk-owned X has resigned in the wake of an anti-Semitism controversy involving the Grok chatbot.
Linda Yaccarino Resigns as CEO of X
• Linda Yaccarino resigns as CEO of X, the former Twitter, after two years.
• Yaccarino praised the company’s transformation and the “historic business turn around” achieved by the team.
• The resignation came amid criticism of Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok for anti-Semitic comments.
• Yaccarino took over as CEO in June 2023, replacing Musk who had been in the role since his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022.
• X was acquired by xAI, Musk’s AI company, in March, making it a subsidiary of Musk’s company.