More than three million people logged into the Twitter Space to listen to the interview.
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Asked whether he had any regrets about buying Twitter, Mr Musk said the "pain level has been extremely high, this hasn't been some kind of party". He said things are going "reasonably well", stating that usage of the site is up and "the site works". Earlier this week, the corporation contacted the social media giant over the designation on the @BBC account to resolve the issue "as soon as possible".
He also said that cutting the workforce from around 7,000 at the time he bought the firm to about 1,500 had not been easy.
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