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Elon Musk Blames Staff Errors For Delayed Trump Interview

Elon Musk AI Safety Summit in Bletchley

Elon Musk recently revealed that an attack on X caused a delay of 42 minutes in his interview with former President Donald Trump. Musk attributed the delay to a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack that overwhelmed X's servers with bogus traffic. Despite acknowledging some mistakes made by X's staff, Musk commended the team for fending off the attacks and rectifying errors.

This incident brought back memories of a previous technical glitch during an interview with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on X, which led to audio disruptions and a delayed start. Former President Trump had criticized the technical difficulties faced by DeSantis during that interview.

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