Linda Yaccarino has announced she is stepping down as CEO of X, one day after the platform was forced to take action to stop its chatbot Grok from praising Hitler and amplifying harmful antisemitic stereotypes.

Linda Yaccarino stepped down as X's CEO a day after the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, went haywire and began praising Adolf Hitler's actions in responses to users.

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.

Yaccarino was hired by Elon Musk in 2023, following his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. Her appointment came after a period of intense speculation and drama on the platform, including a public poll where Musk asked users whether he should step down as CEO. A majority voted in favor of him stepping aside, paving the way for Yaccarino’s entry.

Social media posts on the X account of the Grok chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI were removed on Tuesday after complaints from X users and the Anti-Defamation League that Grok produced content with antisemitic tropes and praise for Adolf Hitler.

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.

In 2023, just months after Yaccarino first joined X, she was facing an advertiser exodus over the platform's lax standards toward anti-Semitism.

Elon Musk's X has taken the automated account for Grok, its AI chatbot, offline after it spent Tuesday afternoon pushing antisemitic narratives.