Twitch adds opt-out for Amazon AI training after years of using creator content

Twitch has added a setting that lets users exclude their streams, clips, chats and channel media from future training of Amazon generative-AI models, but accounts are opted in by default. The new control arrives more than two years after a Twitch executive publicly confirmed that Amazon was already using platform content for AI training, while Twitch has not said precisely how long the practice has been underway.

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• The Verge · lean-left · factuality: high
  Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
• Ars Technica · lean-left · factuality: high
  Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
• TechCrunch · center · factuality: medium-high
  Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out
• 404 Media · lean-left · factuality: high
  Twitch is Mining Peoples' Streams to Train Amazon's AI