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Twitch and Amazon sued over alleged use of streamers’ content for AI training
A streamer in the US has filed a class-action lawsuit against Twitch and Amazon. The lawsuit says the companies used streamers’ broadcasts and videos to train artificial intelligence models without obtaining permission from the content creators. Connecticut-based streamer Warren Pandiscia filed the class-action lawsuit against Twitch and Amazon earlier this week. According to Courthouse News, the complaint alleges that the companies included his Twitch streams and videos in a data set needed to develop Amazon’s artificial intelligence products without obtaining a license or permission.
Earlier this month, a statement posted by Twitch Support said users had been given the option to opt out of having their channel content used to train Amazon’s generative artificial intelligence models. In other words, the feature is enabled by default, and users must disable it themselves if they do not want to participate. Mike Minton, the company’s chief product officer, later explained this approach on Patch Notes, a program regularly broadcast by Twitch. When a viewer asked why use for AI training was enabled by default and users had to opt out separately, Minton replied, “If it were opt-in, no one would opt in.” The new lawsuit alleges that Twitch and Amazon violated the terms of their contracts through this policy. According to the complaint, the companies used streamers’ content as a “free training resource” for separate commercial artificial intelligence products. The lawsuit also claims that Twitch streamers suffered financial harm from the companies’ actions and that Amazon and Twitch unlawfully, unfairly and deceptively benefited from their content. Amazon is not the first company to face a lawsuit over the use of content creators’ material to train artificial intelligence models. Earlier this year, three YouTubers also filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of collecting copyrighted content to train artificial intelligence models.
Earlier this month, a statement posted by Twitch Support said users had been given the option to opt out of having their channel content used to train Amazon’s generative artificial intelligence models. In other words, the feature is enabled by default, and users must disable it themselves if they do not want to participate. Mike Minton, the company’s chief product officer, later explained this approach on Patch Notes, a program regularly broadcast by Twitch. When a viewer asked why use for AI training was enabled by default and users had to opt out separately, Minton replied, “If it were opt-in, no one would opt in.” The new lawsuit alleges that Twitch and Amazon violated the terms of their contracts through this policy. According to the complaint, the companies used streamers’ content as a “free training resource” for separate commercial artificial intelligence products. The lawsuit also claims that Twitch streamers suffered financial harm from the companies’ actions and that Amazon and Twitch unlawfully, unfairly and deceptively benefited from their content. Amazon is not the first company to face a lawsuit over the use of content creators’ material to train artificial intelligence models. Earlier this year, three YouTubers also filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of collecting copyrighted content to train artificial intelligence models.