The ban, imposed three weeks ago over concerns about AI-generated sexualised content, made Indonesia the first country to block access to Grok entirely.

The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs said access would be restored on a conditional basis and remain subject to strict regulatory oversight.

“The normalisation of access to Grok services is being carried out conditionally after X Corp submitted a written commitment containing concrete steps for service improvement and prevention of abuse,” said senior ministry official Alexander Sabar.

He added that the government would continue verifying the platform’s compliance measures, stressing that approval does not signal the end of regulatory scrutiny.

Indonesia’s decision comes as regulators worldwide intensify pressure on AI companies over harmful content, particularly sexually explicit material generated by large language models. Several governments in Europe and Asia have already opened investigations into Grok’s content moderation practices.

X and xAI, which operates Grok, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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According to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters, discussions remain at an early stage, but could eventually result in one or more companies folding into SpaceX. Bloomberg reported that one scenario under consideration would merge SpaceX and Tesla, while another would combine SpaceX with xAI, the artificial intelligence firm that owns Musk’s social media platform X.

Reuters reported that a SpaceX-xAI merger could take place ahead of SpaceX’s planned IPO, potentially bringing together Grok, the X platform, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX’s launch operations under a single corporate structure.

Neither SpaceX nor xAI has publicly commented on the talks. However, recent regulatory filings show that two new corporate entities — K2 Merger Sub Inc. and K2 Merger Sub 2 LLC — were registered in Nevada on January 21, suggesting preparations for multiple merger outcomes.

Analysts say each scenario carries strategic advantages. A SpaceX-xAI merger could support Musk’s ambition to place data centers in space, while a SpaceX-Tesla combination could align Tesla’s energy storage business with space-based computing infrastructure.

The potential consolidation also aligns with Musk’s recent efforts to share resources across his companies. In 2025, SpaceX invested $2 billion in xAI, according to The Wall Street Journal, while Tesla disclosed earlier this week that it had also invested $2 billion in the AI startup.

xAI acquired X last year in a deal valuing xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion. SpaceX, founded in 2002, was recently valued at approximately $800 billion during a secondary share sale, making it the most valuable private company in the United States.

The Financial Times previously reported that Musk is targeting a June IPO for SpaceX, though Musk’s timelines have historically been subject to change.

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Twitter crashed repeatedly on Wednesday during a highly anticipated live audio chat between Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner, and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, hampering the politician’s announcement that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination.

Since Musk took over the social media platform in October, he has laid off thousands of employees, including many engineers who were responsible for fixing software bugs.

Current and former Twitter employees previously said the steep layoffs would put the platform at risk of crashing during times of high traffic.

“We’ve got so many people here that I think we are kind of melting the servers, which is a good sign,” said David Sacks, a venture capitalist and close friend of Musk, while attempting to start the event.

Musk attributed the problems to the number of listeners and his large Twitter following.

About 678,000 people tuned in to listen. The Spaces session eventually resumed, reaching about 304,000 listeners.

About 3-million people listened to Musk’s interview with the BBC on Twitter Spaces last month.

“Failure to launch”, “Crashed” and #DeSaster were among trending Twitter topics in the US during the chat session.

Twitter outages have been more numerous under Musk’s ownership. In March, thousands of users reported problems accessing links posted on the platform. Internet observatory NetBlocks said the March incident was Twitter’s sixth major outage since the year began, compared with three in the same period last year.

In between crashes on Wednesday, US president Joe Biden poked fun at the shaky rollout of DeSantis’s presidential bid by tweeting a fundraising appeal: “This link works.”

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Twitter crashed repeatedly on Wednesday during a highly anticipated live audio chat between Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner, and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, hampering the politician’s announcement that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination.

Since Musk took over the social media platform in October, he has laid off thousands of employees, including many engineers who were responsible for fixing software bugs.

Current and former Twitter employees previously said the steep layoffs would put the platform at risk of crashing during times of high traffic.

“We’ve got so many people here that I think we are kind of melting the servers, which is a good sign,” said David Sacks, a venture capitalist and close friend of Musk, while attempting to start the event.

Musk attributed the problems to the number of listeners and his large Twitter following.

About 678,000 people tuned in to listen. The Spaces session eventually resumed, reaching about 304,000 listeners.

About 3-million people listened to Musk’s interview with the BBC on Twitter Spaces last month.

“Failure to launch”, “Crashed” and #DeSaster were among trending Twitter topics in the US during the chat session.

Twitter outages have been more numerous under Musk’s ownership. In March, thousands of users reported problems accessing links posted on the platform. Internet observatory NetBlocks said the March incident was Twitter’s sixth major outage since the year began, compared with three in the same period last year.

In between crashes on Wednesday, US president Joe Biden poked fun at the shaky rollout of DeSantis’s presidential bid by tweeting a fundraising appeal: “

Twitter Crashes

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