Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
Flip the new Twitch toggle if you don’t want your content to be used to train Amazon’s generative AI content models.
by Jay Peters
Aug 12, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC
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Twitch users can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon’s generative AI models. Opting out means that “your streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel” won’t be used in “future training” of an Amazon AI model “whose purpose is to generate or synthesize text, audio, images, or video,” according to a Twitch support page.
Other “AI-supported” features like captions and safety tools will still function if you opt-out of generative AI training. However, if you participate in a...
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