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Twitch are scraping streams for AI training by default, and even their own execs don’t know what user data may have been swept up

Rock Paper Shotgun 13 August 2026 20h ago
Twitch are scraping streams for AI training by default, and even their own execs don’t know what user data may have been swept up
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Livestreaming giants Twitch have admitted using streamed content to train the generative AI models of parent company Amazon. While it’s not clear when the platform began feeding its users’ work into Jeffy B’s Planetkilling Machines, yesterday’s announcement of an opt-out toggle – buried deep within Twitch’s security settings, and set to enable AI stream-gobbling by default – sparked outrage among
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