Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out
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- TOI India·4h agoAmazon AI Opt-Out Backlash: Twitch auto-enables training on streams; creators must change privacy settings
Twitch is facing criticism over a new setting that allows Amazon to use streamer content for generative AI training by default. Streamers can opt out through their privacy settings. Users questioned why the option was not turned off unless creators agreed. Twitch said it is not…
Read at TOI India → - Gizmodo AU·8h agoTwitch Adds Setting Letting Users Opt Out of AI Training Amid User Backlash
The new setting is enabled by default, meaning users have to opt out if they don’t want their content used to train Amazon’s AI.
Read at Gizmodo AU → - CBC Top Stories·13h agoTwitch users: Amazon could use your content for AI training. Here's what you should know
Amazon is now using content on Twitch to train artificial intelligence models — a move that has garnered fierce backlash from both streamers and users on the interactive livestreaming platform.
Read at CBC Top Stories → - The Register·18h agoTwitch feeds your streams to Amazon's AI unless you tell it to stop
Bot training switch is on by default, because apparently asking first wasn't going to work
Read at The Register → - BBC Technology·21h agoAmazon is using Twitch to train generative AI
The streaming platform's users criticised the move to allow the use of channel content for AI training.
Read at BBC Technology → - BBC Business·1d agoTwitch 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.
Read at BBC Business → - TechCrunch·1d agoAmazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out
"If this was opt-in, nobody would opt in," Twitch CPO Mike Minton said on a livestream responding to user feedback. "That's honestly the answer."
Read at TechCrunch → - The Verge·1d agoTwitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
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…
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