South Lake Union pedestrians were surprised by a strange voice when they were waiting to cross Denny Way and Fairview Avenue ...

Jeff Bezos' voice was mimicked by AI in hacked crosswalk audio recordings in Seattle, following similar incidents involving ...

Five beg buttons—three in the University District, one close to South Lake Union, and another in Wedgwood—were hacked to ...

A message claiming to be from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos playing at multiple crosswalks in Seattle Wednesday morning.

The unauthorized recordings targeted multiple intersections in Seattle's tech-heavy South Lake Union neighborhood and the ...

Several Seattle crosswalk buttons were recently hacked to broadcast a satirical message about taxing the rich, raising safety ...

SDOT is working to track down and fix crosswalk buttons they say were compromised to make a "political statement," ...

Please, please don’t tax the rich. Otherwise, all the other billionaires will move to Florida, too,’ the Bezos impersonation ...

Speakers on crosswalks in Seattle, designed to assist the visually impaired with voice commands, were hacked this week to project an AI version of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ voice. In videos posted to ...

An audio-enabled crosswalk button in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood was altered to sound like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor ...

“Hi, I’m Jeff Bezos, this crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime with an important message,” the message said. “Please don’t tax the rich. Otherwise, all the other billionaires will move ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE An audio-enabled crosswalk button in Seattle’s South Lake Union ...