6 outlets·7 reports
Twitch will train Amazon’s AI on your streams unless you find the setting
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Twitch will use videos streamed on its platform to train Amazon’s generative-AI models unless creators actively opt out. The service has added a setting that lets streamers refuse participation, allowing them to prevent their content from being used for Amazon’s AI training. This opt-out option is now available to all Twitch users.
Written from all 6 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Verge·Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
- Engadget·Twitch streamers can now refuse to let Amazon train its genAI models on their content
- TechCrunch·Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out
- Ars Technica·Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
- TechMeme·Twitch says it intends to use videos streamed on its platform to help train Amazon's generative AI models and tells creators how to opt out (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
- Engadget·How to stop Twitch from training AI on your streams
- The Next Web·Twitch will train Amazon’s AI on your streams unless you find the setting
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