Amazon · Ars Technica
Ars Technica asked Twitch how long Amazon, which bought Twitch in 2014
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Some users may not want their Twitch content used to train Amazon AI because of a lack of financial benefit, concerns that AI could cannibalize their business, or an aversion to the broader Amazon conglomerate.
Key facts
- Ars Technica asked Twitch how long Amazon, which bought Twitch in 2014, has used content on the platform for AI training
- When you allow training, that means that your content may be used for future Gen AI model improvements
- Twitch users are automatically opted in to AI training and seemingly have been for at least a couple of years
- Twitch now lets users opt out of Amazon’s use of content from their channels to train Amazon’s “generative AI content models
Summary
Twitch now lets users opt out of Amazon’s use of content from their channels to train Amazon’s “generative AI content models.” The change, announced today, comes more than two years after a company executive confirmed that Amazon was using Twitch content for AI training. In an updated support page, Twitch confirms that users must opt out if they don’t want their “streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel be used in future training of a model developed by Amazon whose purpose is to generate or synthesize text, audio, images, or video.” To opt out, users must go to the proper settings at. When you allow training, that means that your content may be used for future Gen AI model improvements. Twitch users are automatically opted in to AI training and seemingly have been for at least a couple of years.