A cyberpunk incident occurred in which a push-button traffic light was hacked and 'AI voices of President Trump and Elon Musk' were played

A push-button traffic light in Silicon Valley was hacked, causing an AI voice imitating President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to play the voice guidance instead of the actual voice guidance.

Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices - Palo Alto Online
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/technology/2025/04/12/silicon-valley-crosswalk-buttons-apparently-hacked-to-imitate-musk-zuckerberg-voices/

Crosswalks in Silicon Valley hacked to play satirical messages from Musk and Zuckerberg sound-a-likes | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/crosswalks-in-silicon-valley-hacked-to-play-satirical-messages-from-musk-and-zuckerberg-sound-a-likes

Simulated Musk, Zuckerberg voices are speaking from hacked crosswalk buttons | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/647830/crosswalk-hack-musk-zuckerberg-voices-california

The incident occurred on Saturday, April 12, 2025 local time. In the video below, taken in Palo Alto, a voice resembling Musk's can be heard saying 'Hi! This is Elon Musk' when the pedestrian push button is pressed. The Musk-like voice continues, 'Welcome to Palo Alto, home of Tesla Engineering. They say money can't buy happiness. I've tried it and it's true. But money can buy a Cybertruck. Right? Damn, I'm alone.'

@rosecampau our crosswalks just got vc funding apparently #paloalto #elonmusk #tesla #siliconvalley #walkablecities ♬ original sound - rose

Here's another video taken in Palo Alto: The audio seems to change with each press of the button, and in this video, the voice says, 'Hey! I'm Elon. Can we be friends? Can you be my friend? I'll give you a Cybertruck. I promise. I'll go to any length to satisfy my need for approval.'

Elon hacked the crosswalk #comedy #funny - YouTube


The conversation between fake Musk and fake Trump is also recorded. In the video below, fake Musk confesses, 'The funny thing is, I thought he was a big idiot. But once I got to know him, he was a very sweet, kind, loving person,' followed by a voice from a traffic light saying, 'My love, come back to bed.'

@chloeakiko newest feature in silicon valley #elonmusk ♬ original sound - Chloe

In addition, a voice that sounds like Mark Zuckerberg was recorded saying, 'Hey, I'm Mark Zuckerberg. Everyone calls me 'Zuck.' It's normal to feel uncomfortable or violated by the current situation where AI is forcibly invading every aspect of your consciousness. And I can assure you, you don't need to worry, because there is no way to stop it. See you later.' This audio was apparently played not only at Palo Alto but also at traffic lights in Redwood City.

Somebody uploaded custom audio of AI generated Zuckerberg to a bunch of crosswalk buttons in Palo Alto and Redwood City and it's hilarious

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'We have determined that 12 intersections are affected,' said Palo Alto spokeswoman Megan Horrigan Taylor. 'Other traffic lights across the city have been inspected and the impact is limited.'