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A new class-action lawsuit claims that Twitch and Amazon used millions of streamers’ content to train Amazon’s AI models without securing proper consent or offering payment. The complaint was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, with Warren Pandiscia, a Twitch creator from Connecticut, as the lead plaintiff.

The class action suit claims that Amazon never obtained consent from Twitch streamers to be used to train its AI models.

The National Film and Television School has partnered with Sidemen Entertainment to launch a new industry programme to prepare the next generation of producers for the rapidly converging worlds of television, streaming and creator-led entertainment.

TL;DR: Twitch now defaults streamers into allowing generative AI training on their content-streams, VODs, Clips, Highlights and channel text/images-and requires users to opt out in settings. Amazon and Twitch face heavy backlash; Twitch says opt-in would yield few participants. Chat data follows the streamer’s opt-out choice. Voice: DefaultSpeed 0:00 / 2:24 Use left and right…

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Twitch lets Amazon use creator content for generative AI training by default, sparking streamer backlash

Twitch recently confirmed it will use streamers’ content to train its generative AI models. The Amazon-owned platform is automatically opting all users in to the feature. And in the most predictable turn of events possible: the move has not gone over well, to put it mildly.

A new Twitch setting gives creators more control, but the company’s default choice has sparked a sharp backlash from its own community.

Twitch has introduced an opt-out setting that lets streamers stop their channel content from being used to train Amazon’s generative AI models.