Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
Twitch 内容多年来一直被用于训练亚马逊 AI，但用户现可选择退出
Twitch now lets users opt out of Amazon’s use of content from their channels to train Amazon’s “generative AI content models.” The change, announced today, comes more than two years after a company executive confirmed that Amazon was using Twitch content for AI training. Twitch 现在允许用户选择退出，不再让亚马逊使用其频道内容来训练亚马逊的“生成式 AI 内容模型”。这一变动于今日宣布，距离该公司高管首次确认亚马逊正在使用 Twitch 内容进行 AI 训练已过去两年多。
In an updated support page, Twitch confirms that users must opt out if they don’t want their “streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel [to] be used in future training of a model developed by Amazon whose purpose is to generate or synthesize text, audio, images, or video.” To opt out, users must go to the proper settings at www.twitch.tv/settings/security. 在更新后的支持页面中，Twitch 确认，如果用户不希望自己的“直播、视频点播 (VOD)、剪辑、直播聊天记录以及频道内的图片和文字被用于亚马逊开发的、旨在生成或合成文本、音频、图像或视频的模型进行未来训练”，则必须手动选择退出。用户需前往 www.twitch.tv/settings/security 进行相关设置。
The support page adds: When you allow training, that means that your content may be used for future Gen AI model improvements. An example of what happens when you allow your content to be used for training a Gen AI content model is that your audio might help refine models that create speech to text, which would help improve captions at Twitch but would also help improve captions across Amazon. 该支持页面补充道：当你允许进行训练时，意味着你的内容可能会被用于未来生成式 AI 模型的改进。允许内容被用于训练生成式 AI 模型的一个例子是：你的音频可能有助于优化语音转文字模型，这不仅能改善 Twitch 上的字幕功能，也有助于提升亚马逊全平台的字幕质量。
Twitch users are automatically opted in to AI training and seemingly have been for at least a couple of years. When asked at an event that news publication The Information held in 2024 if Amazon uses Twitch to train AI models, Twitch’s chief monetization officer at the time, Mike Minton, said, “Yeah, for sure.” He added: “I mean, I think obviously within the bounds of user trust within the bounds of privacy regulations, which vary all around the world, but of course we have a role to play in that.” Twitch 用户会被自动加入 AI 训练计划，这种情况似乎至少已经持续了几年。在 2024 年新闻媒体 The Information 举办的一场活动中，当被问及亚马逊是否使用 Twitch 来训练 AI 模型时，时任 Twitch 首席变现官的 Mike Minton 回答道：“是的，当然。”他补充说：“我的意思是，我认为这显然是在用户信任的范围内，也是在世界各地不同的隐私法规范围内进行的，但我们当然在其中扮演了一定的角色。”
Still, online discussion, including some occurring just days before today’s announcement, points to a lack of awareness and uncertainty around Amazon’s use of Twitch content. Ars Technica asked Twitch how long Amazon, which bought Twitch in 2014, has used content on the platform for AI training. We’ll update this article if we get a response. 尽管如此，网络上的讨论（包括在今天公告发布前几天进行的讨论）表明，用户对于亚马逊使用 Twitch 内容的情况缺乏了解，且感到不安。Ars Technica 已向 Twitch 询问亚马逊（于 2014 年收购了 Twitch）使用该平台内容进行 AI 训练的具体时长。若收到回复，我们将更新本文。
Some users may not want their Twitch content used to train Amazon AI because of a lack of financial benefit, concerns that AI could cannibalize their business, or an aversion to the broader Amazon conglomerate. Others may be comfortable with their work being used for AI development. In either case, Twitch users now have more control over the matter. 一些用户可能不希望自己的 Twitch 内容被用于训练亚马逊 AI，原因包括缺乏经济回报、担心 AI 会蚕食其业务，或是对亚马逊这一庞大企业集团的反感。另一些用户则可能乐于看到自己的作品被用于 AI 开发。无论如何，Twitch 用户现在对此事拥有了更多的控制权。
However, automatically opting users into AI training, along with a lack of transparency, means some will remain skeptical about Amazon leveraging user-generated content this way. 然而，将用户自动纳入 AI 训练计划，加上缺乏透明度，意味着仍有一些人会对亚马逊以这种方式利用用户生成内容持怀疑态度。