17 August 2026

Amazon uses Twitch streams to train AI unless creators opt out

Twitch, owned by Amazon, has been using creator streams and videos to train Amazon's generative AI models (software that makes new text, images, or video) without explicit permission, only now offering an opt-out option.
The opt-out setting is buried in account settings under Security and Privacy, and was turned on by default. Twitch's product chief admitted that if it were opt-in instead, almost no one would participate.