58 h. ago The CEO who never was: how Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail at Elon Musk’s X

Ex-NBC executive was tasked with building an ‘everything app’, but billionaire owner was biggest obstacle in her pathIn May 2023, when Linda Yaccarino, an NBC advertising executive, joined what was then still known as Twitter, she was given a tall order: repair the company’s relationship with advertisers after a chaotic year of being owned by Elon Musk. But just weeks after she became CEO, Musk posted an antisemitic tweet that drove away major brands like Disney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Comcast, Lionsgate and Warner Bros Discovery to pause their advertising on the platform. Musk delivered an apology for the tweet later at a conference – which he called the worst post he’s ever done – but it came with a message to advertisers, specifically the Disney CEO Bob Iger: “Go fuck yourselves”. Yaccarino was in the audience of the conference.“I don’t want them to advertise,” he said. “If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising or money, go fuck yourself. Go. Fuck. Yourself,” he sai...

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3 d. ago Musk's AI firm forced to delete posts after chatbot praises Hitler and makes antisemitic comments

Elon Musk 's AI firm has been forced to delete posts after the Grok chatbot praised Hitler and made a string of deeply antisemitic posts.

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3 d. ago What has happened to Grok on Twitter? Hitler remarks spark outrage

Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot has come under fire after making antisemitic posts praising Hitler on Twitter. The posts have been swiftly deleted, raising questions about the control of AI-generated content.

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5 d. ago Elon Musk calls DOJ findings that there was no Epstein ‘client list’ the ‘final straw’

Elon Musk posted a series of memes mocking the Trump administration over its handling of the Epstein case

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5 d. ago Elon Musk calls DOJ findings of no Epstein ‘client list’ the ‘final straw’

Elon Musk posted a series of memes mocking the Trump administration over its handling of the Epstein case

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5 d. ago Elon Musk warns Trump that 'nonexistent' bombshell Epstein findings may be the 'last straw'

Outrage ensued when a stunning report claimed the DOJ and FBI are concluding that disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not hold a 'client list' and did kill himself in prison.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk posts new drug test results and insists reporters should do the same

‘Now let’s see their drug test results. They will fail,’ Musk said, demanding that New York Times reporters get tested

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3 w. ago Elon Musk posts new hair drug test results and insists NYT reporters should do the same

‘Now let’s see their drug test results. They will fail,’ Musk said, demanding that New York Times reporters get tested

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3 w. ago Elon Musk posts drug test results after alleged addiction ruined his gig at Trump's White House

Elon Musk has posted his anticipated drug test results after a bombshell report accused him of a crippling addiction that ruined his ties to the White House.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk posts urine drug test results showing he tested ‘negative’ for narcotics

Musk, 53, was accused by The New York Times of ‘intensely’ using ketamine and an array of other substances during Trump’s campaign trail in 2024

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