Twitch faces backlash over Amazon training AI on its users' livestreams
Summary
Twitch, owned by Amazon, is now letting users stop Amazon from using their livestream content to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. The option to opt out is new; before, Twitch automatically allowed Amazon to use streams, chats, and clips for AI training.Key Facts
- Amazon owns Twitch and has been using Twitch content by default to train AI systems.
- Twitch users can now choose to opt out of this AI training data collection.
- The default setting was to allow AI training use, as Twitch said if it were opt-in, few would choose it.
- Twitch’s product head said the data collected will not be sold to other companies.
- Twitch’s community head said data collection for AI training is now common in the tech industry.
- Many Twitch users criticized the default data use and expressed concerns about their creative content being exploited.
- It is not clear when Amazon started using Twitch data for AI training or how much data has already been used.
- Twitch showed users how to turn off AI training data collection in their channel settings.
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