X headlines: CEO steps down, Musk responds to Grok messages | LiveNOW from FOX

Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of Elon Musk’s X, is stepping down after two years at the company. “I’m incredibly proud of the X team - the historic business turn around we have accomplished together has been nothing short of remarkable,“ Yaccarino said on X. Musk hired Yaccarino, a veteran ad executive, in May 2023 after buying Twitter for $44 billion in late 2022 and cutting most of its staff. He said at the time that Yaccarino’s role would be focused mainly on running the company’s business operations, leaving him to focus on product design and new technology. Before announcing her hiring, Musk said whoever took over as the company’s CEO “ must like pain a lot.“ This comes a day after Grok, Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence chatbot, was trending Tuesday for the wrong reasons on X, formerly Twitter. On Tuesday, July 8, the AI chatbot posted – and later deleted – a series of antiemetic comments on X. In one of the posts, Grok posted on X calling itself “MechaHitler.“ The chatbot deleted the posts, but later acknowledged that Grok did make the comments by saying it was a “sarcastic jab.“ In a separate post, Grok called the inappropriate nickname a “phase“ and a “glitch in the matrix.“ Musk responded to users Wednesday, saying “Grok was too compliant to user prompts. Too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially. That is being addressed.“ Subscribe to LiveNOW from FOX! Where to watch LiveNOW from FOX: Follow us @LiveNOWFOX on Twitter: Raw and unfiltered. Watch a non-stop stream of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation. Limited commentary. No opinion. Experience LiveNOW from FOX.