Twitch Is Mining Streams to Train Amazon AI — Here's How to Opt Out

Twitch has quietly enabled a new setting that feeds streamers' content into Amazon's generative AI models — and it's opted-in by default. The toggle, located at the bottom of your Security settings page, reads: 'Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon.' Unless streamers manually disable it, their past and future streams may be used as training data.

Key Details

• Setting location: Settings → Security → bottom of page.
• Default state: Opted-in for all users.
• Announced: Wednesday, confirming rumors that had circulated for a week.
• Affected content: Channel content, including streams and likely VODs.

How to Opt Out

To prevent your content from being used, follow these steps:

1. Go to your Dashboard.
2. Navigate to Settings → Security.
3. Scroll to the bottom and find the toggle labeled 'Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon'.
4. Turn it off.

This feature is part of Amazon's broader AI training initiatives, and Twitch is a prime source of video data. Since the setting is buried in security preferences and defaults to enabled, many streamers may not notice until after their content has been used.

For those concerned about data privacy, it's wise to check your settings immediately. The announcement didn't specify whether existing content already used for training can be removed, so proactive opt-out is critical.