Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now

Ars Technica
By Scharon HardingAug 12, 2026, 5:00 pm98 ptsTrending
Twitch now lets users opt out of Amazon's use of content from their channels to train Amazon's "generative AI content models." The change, announced today, comes more than two years after a company executive confirmed that Amazon was using Twitch content for AI training. In an updated support page, Twitch…

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