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Browser Fingerprints, Walmart & OpenAI Partnership, YouTube Deepfake Defense, Uber’s AI Side Hustle, Kohler’s Smart Toilet
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5 days ago
Browser Fingerprints, Walmart & OpenAI Partnership, YouTube Deepfake Defense, Uber’s AI Side Hustle, Kohler’s Smart Toilet
News and Updates:
• Browser Finger Prints
Your browser quietly shares dozens of unique data points—like system language, fonts, and time zone—forming a “browser fingerprint” that advertisers and websites use to track you across the internet.
• Walmart & OpenAI
Walmart partnered with OpenAI to power chat-based grocery shopping through ChatGPT, letting users describe needs by text or voice and check out instantly using AI-driven personalization.
• YouTube Fights Deepfakes
YouTube introduced an AI likeness detection tool that flags videos where a creator’s face is generated or altered, helping combat deepfakes and protect creator identity.
• Uber AI Jobs?
Uber will pay U.S. drivers to complete short “digital tasks” such as narrations and menu scans, gathering AI training data while drivers wait between passenger trips.
• Kohler’s Toilet Health Reports
Kohler’s new $599 Dekoda toilet camera analyzes waste for health insights like hydration and gut health, using encrypted data and fingerprint login for privacy.
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We started Tech Gumbo in Nov 2014 as a conversational show of news, information & updates about the past, present & future of all things technology in a topical, interesting and digestible way.