Traffic control buttons across Silicon Valley had been dirty over the weekend to include audio excerpts that mimic the voices of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
Video was taken by the locals At Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Redwood City in California show that the Crosswalk buttons play a speech created by the AI designed to sound like the two billionaires.
“It is normal to feel uncomfortable or even violated as we strongly import AI into every aspect of your conscious experience,” said an intersection button, which was hacked to sound like Zuckerberg. “I just want to assure you. You don’t have to worry because there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it.”
A crosswalk button that was hacked to sound like Musk said: “I guess they say money can’t buy happiness … I guess it’s true, God knows I have tried, but he can buy a cybertruck and that is quite ill, right?”
“F -K, I’m so alone,” adds Musk’s voice.
It is not clear why the sidewalks have been tired, or by whom, but the signs show the potential hacktivism.
Palo Alto Online, one of the first reference stores Hack, said a Redwood City employee saying the city “worked actively to investigate and resolve the issue as soon as possible.” According to the exit, violations may have occurred on Friday.
Sound Crosswalk buttons are widely used in all the United States to allow those who have audiovisual damage or accessibility must hear custom audio messages playing for pedestrians to know when it is safe to cross a road.
In A video from 2024Physical penetration specialist and security researcher Divergent ollam He explains how audio -capable Crosswalk buttons can often handle through the default -checking passwords that have not changed.
Polara, the company that makes the audio Crosswalk buttons, did not respond to comments when it came into contact with TechCrunch on Monday.
