"If It Was Opt-in, Nobody Would Opt in": Twitch Auto-Enrolls All Streamers in Having Their Content Scraped for Amazon LLM Training
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Twitch Creators’ Streams Will Train Amazon AI By Default
Amazon just gave Twitch creators another reason to pay close attention to their settings. Twitch AI training will now allow Amazon to use creators’ streams and other channel content to help train generative AI models unless they manually opt out. That could include hours of creators talking, reacting, gaming, interacting with viewers, and building the personalities that keep audiences coming back. @kourthousez Twitch is using your streams to tr…
Twitch, the video streaming platform, has announced its intention to use its content for Amazon's AI training. An opt-out option is available for users who do not wish their content to be used for training. Read more...
Twitch uses streams, clips and chats for the training of the Amazon AI. If you don't want to do this, you have to change the switch yourself in the settings.
The streaming service Twitch will now use the content and recordings of its creators to train generative AI models developed by its parent company, Amazon. Understandably, this decision has caused a stir in the community... Read the article: Twitch uses stream content for Amazon's AI training: Opt-out causes discontent Where to follow us: Facebook, Reddit, Google News, X, Threads Want to stay up-to-date? Add us to your favorite sources on Goog…
"If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in": Twitch auto-enrolls all streamers in having their content scraped for Amazon LLM training
Despite significant backlash and clear communication from streamers, Twitch has gone ahead with plans to scrape their content to train Amazon‘s LLMs. As of Aug. 12, Twitch auto-enrolls all channels in consenting to have their content scraped for training. People who do not actually consent have to go into their settings and use a toggle to opt out. Why did Twitch decide to make scraping opt-out instead of opt-in? CPO Mike Minton gave a “jaw-drop…
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