Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, formerly Twitter, at a trade show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2025. Yaccarino announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from X after two years running the social media platform. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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Linda Yaccarino, who was hired two years ago as chief executive officer of X, said on Wednesday she was stepping down from the social media platform.
Her sudden exit comes a day after xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence startup that has been merged with X, went on an antisemitic diatribe and praised Hitler,