Twitch is Being Sued By Its Own Streamers

A class action lawsuit has been filed against streaming platform Twitch by one of its own streamers following the platform’s recent changes regarding AI. Although one streamer on the platform is responsible for filing the Twitch lawsuit, it is a class action suit, allowing for all Twitch streamers to be represented.

Twitch has been one of the leading streaming platforms for years, but not without controversy. Everything from bad behavior by streamers to changes to the platform itself have made waves in recent history. Recent changes to the service involving AI training have also drawn the ire of viewers and streamers alike, which this lawsuit is now addressing.

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On August 20, a class action lawsuit was filed against Twitch due to its recent implementation of utilizing Twitch stream data for AI training. The lawsuit was filed by Warren Pandiscia, a Twitch streamer. The platform gained negative publicity earlier in August when it revealed that streams could be used to train AI models belonging to Twitch parent company Amazon. However, this class action lawsuit claims that the AI training dates…