A former professor and the founder of his own AI company, Howard noticed that if he asked Grok about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the chatbot seemed to cross-check Elon’s tweets before regurgitating an answer.

MAGA supporters could be "drawn to Musk's views about government spending, technology and trade," a political scientist told Newsweek.

While Yaccarino led the social media platform as CEO, often it seemed the real decision-making came down to owner Elon Musk, who bought what was then Twitter for $44 billion in 20