Twitch hit with class-action lawsuit over Amazon AI training: 'Twitch sent no email, displayed no pop-up notification, and made no announcement'
The system was opt-out because "nobody would opt in," admitted Twitch's chief product officer.
Amazon is accused of unlawfully using Twitch stream content to train its generative AI according to a class-action lawsuit filed in California. Plaintiff Warren Pandiscia alleges that Amazon's actions were an "unconscionable attack on the community of content creators" who provided the data without compensation. The complaint states that Amazon and Twitch did not properly notify users before enabling the feature, which uses streamer chat and voices without consent.
The lawsuit argues that Twitch and Amazon failed to obtain consent from all parties for the captured communications, and that the feature was buried without proper notice.
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