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The setting arrived quietly, tucked into a security menu most streamers never open: a single toggle that decides whether everything they broadcast becomes fuel for Amazon‘s artificial intelligence. On Twitch, that toggle is already flipped on. To keep your work out of the training data, you have to know it exists, find it, and switch…

On Wednesday, Twitch confirmed reports that the streaming channel was using channel content to train Amazon’s AI models. While we aren’t sure how long the training feature has been active, Twitch has now added an opt-out button to its settings that will allow creators to turn the feature off. However, it is automatically enabled unless…

Despite significant backlash and clear communication from streamers, Twitch has gone ahead with plans to scrape their content to train Amazon‘s LLMs.

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

Today Twitch announced that Amazon plans to scrape the popular livestreaming platform for AI training data. During a follow-up stream, Twitch staff attempted to answer questions and assuage users’ concerns about the overwhelmingly unpopular decision. It did not go well.

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.

Amazon just dropped a bombshell on its creator community. The tech giant confirmed it will train AI models on Twitch streamers’ content by default, forcing creators to manually opt out if they object. In a remarkably candid moment during a livestream addressing user backlash, Twitch Chief Product Officer Mike Minton admitted the quiet part out…

Lev Shevtsov12 August 2026 20:43

Twitch now lets streamers block Amazon from using their broadcasts, clips, and other channel content to train generative AI. However, it’s opt out, so here’s how to do that.

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