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Simulated Musk, Zuckerberg voices are speaking from hacked crosswalk buttons

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Summary
Nutrition label

50% Informative

In videos posted online, the apparent voice of Musk begs listeners to be his friend, or that of Zuckerberg brags about “undermining democracy” and “cooking our grandparents’ brains with AI slop” A Palo Alto , California city spokesperson said city employees “determined that 12 downtown intersections were impacted” The hack seemed to have taken place on Friday , a source said.

The same thing is happening in Redwood City , where a deputy city manager told The San Francisco Chronicle that the city is investigating.

VR Score

34

Informative language

20

Neutral language

57

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

36

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

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