Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
Summary
Twitch now allows users to choose not to let Amazon use their channel content to train AI models. Until this change, Twitch automatically used user streams, videos, and chats to improve Amazon’s AI technologies without an opt-out option.Key Facts
- Twitch content has been used by Amazon to train AI models for over two years.
- Users’ streams, videos on demand (VODs), clips, chat messages, and channel pictures and text could be used in AI training.
- Twitch users were automatically included in this data use but can now opt out via their security settings.
- If users allow training, their content can help improve AI tools like speech-to-text, which benefits Twitch and other Amazon services.
- The change comes after some users expressed concerns about privacy, lack of compensation, and how AI might affect their work.
- Twitch made the opt-out option available for the first time in 2024.
- Amazon bought Twitch in 2014 and has integrated Twitch content into its AI development within privacy law limits.
- Some users remain unsure about how their content is used because of past lack of clear communication.
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