Twitch Faces Backlash Over Default AI Training With Hidden Opt-Out

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Streamers are pushing back after Twitch quietly enabled default AI training on creators’ content and hid the opt-out option in security settings; Twitch’s CPO said opt-out was chosen to maximize participation, prompting fears that creators aren’t being asked for consent. Because opting out is per-channel, chats on other streams can still be used to train AI, leading creators to tag their channels with aioptedout and push on a feedback forum where the top vote-getter calls for AI features to be optional and opt-in.
- Streamers Are Telling Twitch How Much They Hate That Generative AI Training Is Opt-Out By Default Kotaku
- ‘Slap to the face’: Twitch creators respond to platform policy on Gen AI content NBC News
- Twitch faces backlash over Amazon using content to train AI BBC
- Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI The Verge
- Twitch is Mining Peoples' Streams to Train Amazon's AI 404media.co
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