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Twitch is using streamer content to train Amazon AI models and defaults users in

Twitch is using live-stream content to train generative AI models across Amazon and has left the training program turned on for all streamers by default. The rollout was revealed indirectly via a Twitch Support post and the platform's chief product officer said on a livestream, "If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in." Streamers can disable the feature by toggling "Training for Generative AI" in Security & Privacy, but the change has sparked strong community backlash. This matters because streamers' content is being harvested for corporate AI training unless they take action to opt out.

• Twitch will use stream content "to train generative AI content models across Amazon."
• The generative-AI training setting is enabled by default; the opt-out toggle is labeled "Training for Generative AI" at the bottom of Security & Privacy settings.
• Twitch chief product officer Mike Minton said on a livestream, "If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in."
• Community reaction has been intense: a Twitch User Voice thread grew to 228 pages with nearly 14,000 votes, and social responses have focused on how to disable the feature.