Elon Musk, Grok and chatbot
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, was recently upgraded — and soon thereafter, unleashed a string of antisemitic posts on X and branded itself "mecha-Hitler." The chatbot was eventually shut down, but now,
X eventually deleted many of the obscene posts. Hours later, on Wednesday, X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigned from the company after just two years at the helm, though it wasn’t immediately clear whether her departure was related to the Grok issue.
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced she was stepping down from her position a day after the company's Grok artificial intelligence chatbot went haywire and began calling itself "MechaHitler." Yaccarino's departing message was positive and did not mention Tuesday's scandal.