A crosswalk in Seattle was hacked to play a message spoofing the voice of billionaire and Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos, similar to an action done in several Silicon Valley cities last week with ...

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SEATTLE — Pedestrians who pushed the crosswalk buttons at several Seattle intersections Wednesday heard a different voice over the speaker than what they may be used to: an AI-generated ...

“Hello, this is Jeff Bezos. This crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime with an important message,” the voice says. “Please, please don’t tax the rich. Otherwise, all the other ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — This weekend, crosswalk signals in several Peninsula cities were hacked. Instead of telling people to wait for the light to change colors, there were AI-generated messages ...

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On April 16, 2025, a Seattle crosswalk was hacked to speak in a Jeff Bezos-like voice. The prank happened at 15th and 42nd in the University District, amusing and confusing locals.

The City of Steinbach has approved a new crosswalk to be built in the Hanover School Division (HSD). Joe Thiessen, the division's superintendent, says his team made the request for a crosswalk at ...

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Crosswalk buttons in three California cities were hacked with AI voices mocking billionaires. Messages featured bizarre impersonations of Musk and Zuckerberg using generated voices. Officials have ...