Twitch faces backlash over Amazon training AI on its users' livestreams

Twitch's executives said users can opt out of AI training, which has become a common industry practice.

Amazon's AI models will now train on Twitch livestreams. Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Amazon is training its AI models on Twitch livestreams. "We don't expect you to be happy or excited about this," a Twitch exec said. Twitch said on Wednesday it would allow users to opt out.

Streaming platform says user-generated content "may be used for future Gen AI model improvements."

Twitch users can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon's generative AI models. Opting out means that "your streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel" won't be used in "future training" of an Amazon AI model "whose purpose is to generate or synthesize text, audi