X CEO Linda Yaccarino Resigns
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Linda Yaccarino, whom Elon Musk hired to run X in 2023, grappled with the challenges the company faced after Mr. Musk took over.
The CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, said on Wednesday she would step down from the role in a surprise move, ending her tenure at the Elon Musk-owned social media platform that has faced several controversies and challenges including a mass exodus of advertisers from the site.
Elon Musk's X has taken the automated account for Grok, its AI chatbot, offline after it spent Tuesday afternoon pushing antisemitic narratives.
Among the many changes that have come to X since Yaccarino took over are decreased moderation, a greater reliance on "community notes" that aren't properly doing what they're intended to do and, most recently,
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"I'm incredibly proud of the X team - the historic business turn around," Linda Yaccarino wrote on X.