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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Feb 17, 2026

AI Space Factories, Hacking Self-Driving Cars & Detecting Deepfakes

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney

Waymo self-driving cars are dispatching gig workers just to close their open doors. Explore the blurry line between genuine AI breakthroughs and terrifying tech satire.

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Law enforcement operations and autonomous vehicle gig worker interactions

Mishandled confidential files by law enforcement and gig worker interventions address unexpected edge cases in self-driving vehicles.

#2 about 2 min

Lunar satellite manufacturing, organ transplants, and AI mental health

Extraterrestrial satellite manufacturing, cross-species organ transplants, and artificial intelligence therapy platforms represent emerging technological concepts.

#3 about 1 min

Fabricated journalistic quotes, internet outages, and deepfake detection models

Generative models produce fabricated journalistic quotes and internet outage predictions while other tools attempt deepfake video detection.

#4 about 1 min

Drone prompt injection vulnerabilities and rapid 3D city mapping

Physical road signs expose autonomous drones to prompt injection vulnerabilities alongside theoretical capabilities for rapid urban mapping.

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Audience questions on deepfake detection, regulations, and ethics

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Testing technology knowledge with real and generated headlines

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

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Deploying AI music detectors and bypassing automated driving checks

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Evaluating fake news headlines in modern tech journalism

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

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Evaluating emerging tech headlines in the fake or news segment

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

1:15 min

Fabricated headlines about AI writing tools and automated scanning

Chris Heilmann +1 · LIVE

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