WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Feb 1, 2026

Fake or News: Burrito Drones, Plagiarising Prompts and Eating AI Art - Fake or News - Andrew Burnett-Thompson and David Burleigh

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Andrew Burnett Thompson , David Burleigh

Students are eating AI-generated art while creators furiously defend plagiarized prompts. Watch Andrew and David separate bizarre tech reality from fictional headlines in this chaotic trivia game.

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Apple wearable pins and decentralized artificial intelligence marketplaces

Miniature dual-camera accessories and tokenized reward systems for dataset contributors highlight changing trends in data collection.

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Short-lived security certificates and consuming artificial intelligence artwork

Extreme short-term TLS certificate implementations contrast sharply with unusual physical protests against machine-generated artwork.

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Sharing combat data and drone delivery technology advancements

Frontline wartime metrics feed crucial training pipelines while automated food delivery robots navigate complex urban environments.

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Plagiarized artificial intelligence prompts and legacy monolith refactoring

Emerging concerns over stolen generative text inputs arise alongside automated solutions claiming to replatform outdated backends.

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Synchronizing physical books with streaming audio book services

Speculative features surrounding combined text and audio consumption challenge existing accessibility mechanisms in digital streaming applications.

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Deciphering absurd technology headlines and AI product announcements

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Evaluating emerging tech headlines in the fake or news segment

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Analyzing technology trends through a fake news quiz

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