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Andy Chalk

INSANE: Twitch under fire for new gen ai training system that harvests streamer data for amazon says its on by default because if it was opt in nobody would opt in | Rare Historical Photos

ANKARA, TURKIYE - NOVEMBER 21: In this photo illustration, OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of the logo of Twitch in Ankara, Turkiye on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Osmancan Gurdogan/Anadolu via Getty Images).

Twitch has revealed that it is now using content in streams "to train generative AI content models across Amazon," and making matters worse, everyone is opted into the training program by default.

Rumors of an AI training program have been kicking around for at least a few weeks now—streamer Zach Bussey posted about it on Bluesky back in July—but it was confirmed today, very indirectly, by a Twitch Support announcement on X of a setting that lets streamers opt out.

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