'Not Only Unlawful, but Unconscionable' — Amazon and Twitch Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over Opt-Out AI Training Setting

Twitch Creator Sues Amazon Over AI Training After Streamers Were Automatically Opted In

A Twitch creator has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Amazon and Twitch, accusing them of using streamers' content to train Amazon's generative AI models after automatically opting creators in through a default setting. The case challenges whether Twitch can rely on an opt‑out control to permit AI training on streams, chats and other channel material without creators' explicit permission. Warren Pandiscia filed a proposed class actio…

'Not Only Unlawful, but Unconscionable' — Amazon and Twitch Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over Opt-Out AI Training Setting

Twitch and Amazon are facing a class-action lawsuit after the streaming platform rolled out a feature that automatically trains its generative AI on streamers’ content unless they manually opt out.The setting sparked a wave of backlash when it was rolled out last week. "Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon," it reads.It’s buried in users’ security and privacy settings, and is automatically turned on by defau…

A Twitch lawsuit puts a price on the creator work that trains AI models

A Connecticut streamer accuses Twitch and Amazon of training the Nova Reel video model on two years of creator work without consent, disclosure or payment. Continue reading this article on ppc.land. Sign up the PPC Land newsletter to get the latest marketing news.