X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down after two years

Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X, apparently efficient instantly. She posted the information, naturally, on X, saying “I’m immensely grateful to [Elon Musk] for entrusting me with the accountability of defending free speech, turning the corporate round, and reworking X into the All the pieces App.” She went on to say that “the historic enterprise flip round we now have achieved collectively has been nothing in need of outstanding.”

Among the many many adjustments which have come to X since Yaccarino took over are decreased moderation, a larger reliance on “neighborhood notes” that aren’t properly doing what they’re intended to do and, most lately, an AI bot that excels in trolling and has gotten increasingly antisemitic after its most up-to-date replace.

She’s additionally been really mad a couple of report from a watchdog group that brought about a significant advertiser pullback on the platform just a few years in the past, claiming one way or the other that corporations deciding to not run advertisements on a poisonous platform amounted to a “free speech” concern. Later within the saga, X sued advertisers and firms together with Mars, Unilever and CVS Well being for an “unlawful boycott,” one other instance of her staunch dedication to free speech.

AI is an enormous a part of X’s quest to develop into regardless of the hell an “something app” is, however one other massive a part of it’s X Cash, which is supposedly launching in partnership with Visa later this year.

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