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Amazon will train on Twitch streamers' content by default, unless they opt out
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- Twitch will use creators’ livestream content by default to train generative AI models for Amazon, sparking significant backlash from the Twitch community concerned about consent and content use.
- Creators must manually opt out to prevent their content from being used, raising fears that many may unknowingly have their videos included in AI training datasets.
- Twitch executives acknowledged community opposition to AI training and explained the decision to make participation opt-out rather than opt-in, citing concerns that few would voluntarily opt in.
- The company framed the change as adding an opt-out setting to mitigate backlash, but confusion remains about whether content has already been used for AI training, with Twitch unable to confirm past usage.
- Twitch highlighted that other platforms like Meta also use public user content for AI training, and provided instructions for creators to opt out via channel settings under the “training for generative AI” option.
