'Not Only Unlawful, but Unconscionable' — Amazon and Twitch Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over Opt-Out AI Training Setting
The complaint says the setting was buried in privacy controls and left on by default, affecting streamers’ content used to train Amazon models.
- On Thursday, Amazon and Twitch were named in a class-action lawsuit challenging a feature that automatically trains generative AI on streamer content without explicit consent.
- Twitch rolled out the feature last week, automatically enrolling creators in Amazon's AI training unless they manually disabled the setting buried in security and privacy options.
- Connecticut-Based streamer Warren Pandiscia, with over 900 followers, argues Amazon "unlawfully scraped" creators' content without consent, characterizing it as an "unconscionable attack" on content creators fueling a major AI industry without compensation.
- During a Patch Notes stream, Twitch Chief Product Officer Mike Minton defended the automatic setting, stating "If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in," though Twitch has declined official comment on the active lawsuit.
- The suit alleges content stored in neural networks cannot be deleted, claiming creators will never reclaim their intellectual property; damages sought include actual, compensatory, consequential, and nominal damages though no specific amount was cited.
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Amazon is facing a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of Twitch streamers, alleging that the company used streamers' videos to train AI models without their permission or compensation.
Twitch Creator Sues Amazon Over AI Training After Streamers Were Automatically Opted In
A Twitch creator has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Amazon and Twitch, accusing them of using streamers' content to train Amazon's generative AI models after automatically opting creators in through a default setting. The case challenges whether Twitch can rely on an opt‑out control to permit AI training on streams, chats and other channel material without creators' explicit permission. Warren Pandiscia filed a proposed class actio…
'Not Only Unlawful, but Unconscionable' — Amazon and Twitch Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over Opt-Out AI Training Setting
Twitch and Amazon are facing a class-action lawsuit after the streaming platform rolled out a feature that automatically trains its generative AI on streamers’ content unless they manually opt out.The setting sparked a wave of backlash when it was rolled out last week. "Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon," it reads.It’s buried in users’ security and privacy settings, and is automatically turned on by defau…
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Twitch and Amazon face class-action lawsuit over its automatic opt-in of gen AI training
Readers no doubt recall how Amazon and Twitch kindled a firestorm of fury among streamers and gamers earlier this month when the platform unveiled an opt-out choice for generative AI training — a feature that automatically assumes users want to provide their content for AI models to farm and only after Amazon was done silently […]
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