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Elon Musk's handpicked choice to lead his X social media platform Wednesday announced her resignation after a two-year tenure as CEO. Linda Yaccarino leaves less than four months after Musk consolidated the company into his xAI artificial intelligence project,
Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino's resignation came hours after her boss Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, targeted her in a graphic sexual screed for all to see.
Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of X, Elon Musk’s rebrand of Twitter. Now, internet star and billionaire MrBeast begs for the job in a post on the platform. After serving as the CEO of X since 2023, shortly after Musk’s takeover of Twitter, Yaccarino announced on July 9 that she would step down from her role.
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PRIMETIMER on MSNWill MrBeast be the next X CEO? YouTuber reportedly in the running after current executive steps downYouTuber MrBeast is offering his services as the new CEO of social media giant X, formerly Twitter. Responding to a post about the former CEO, Linda Yaccarino’s departure, MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, wrote,
Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as X’s CEO — and leaving the platform once known as Twitter in a worse place than when she started. A day after X users circulated viral screenshots of the company’s Grok chatbot denigrating Jews and declaring itself “MechaHitler,
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Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”
X is still the dominant social media platform, but its daily active user base has declined and competitor Threads is seeing higher rates of growth.
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The New Republic on MSNX CEO Steps Down After Two Years of Massive FailureAfter two years of overseeing rampant conservatism, antisemitism, and general racism, X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down.