00:00Twitch faces backlash over plan to use creators' content for Amazon AI training.
00:06Twitch is facing criticism from creators and users over a new policy that would allow content posted on the platform
00:13to be used to train artificial intelligence models developed by parent company Amazon.
00:19The streaming platform announced Wednesday that creators who do not want their video and audio content used for AI training
00:25will have to opt out.
00:27The decision quickly sparked criticism during a Twitch video Q&A session with many creators questioning why participation isn't optional
00:35from the beginning.
00:37If it was opt-in, nobody would opt-in.
00:40That's honestly the answer, Twitch Chief Producer Officer Mike Minton said when discussing the company's decision.
00:46Oh my god.
00:50Don't deny it.
00:53Way too, I guess at least he was truthful to a fault.
01:00If it was opt-in, nobody would opt-in.
01:02Maybe that's because this wasn't a good idea.
01:05Maybe this is something nobody wanted.
01:09So, if it was opt-in, nobody would opt-in.
01:13That's why we made everyone opt-in automatically.
01:17What does that tell you?
01:19What does that tell you about this idea?
01:28Twitch hosts more than 2 million hours of video and audio content every day, providing a potentially valuable source of
01:35data for training and improving AI models.
01:37The company's approach is similar to policies adopted by many other major social media and digital platforms, which generally allow
01:45content to be used for AI training by default, while requiring users to manually opt-out if they do not
01:51want to participate.
01:53For Twitch creators, however, the policy has raised concerns about how their work could be used and whether they should
02:00have to take action to prevent their content from becoming training data.
02:04The controversy comes as Amazon continues to expand its artificial intelligence efforts across its businesses, making Twitch's enormous library of
02:12creator-generated content a potentially significant resource.
02:16Amazon did not respond to a request for comment.
02:20Okay, so they're using creators' content for Amazon AI training, but that doesn't explain who – but they're not –
02:30and that's all they said.
02:32They're not – they didn't say how they're going to use artificial intelligence on videos and audio.
02:37I mean, if it's training, is anyone going to see this work that's changed?
02:41There's any – I mean, you know, it really – it just said that it's for AI training, and they're
02:50going to use videos and audio uploaded to Twitch.
02:55But it doesn't explain what the point is.
02:57What are you training?
02:59How do you use AI?
03:01You can't get stock footage somewhere and practice on that?
03:05It just doesn't make sense.
03:10I still can't believe this part.
03:14If it was opt-in, nobody would opt-in.
03:17That's honestly the answer.
03:21I mean, on one hand, that should tell him something.
03:25On the other hand, at least he was honest about it.
03:32So, yeah, so, I mean, I don't know – like I said, it just – they didn't explain what exactly
03:39this was going to do.
03:40Are they going to be – you know, are they going to be modifying people's videos and audio with AI?
03:46Are they – is anyone even going to see these creations?
03:49Is it just going to be on Amazon servers, like their work servers, or, you know – there's a whole
03:56lot – there's a whole lot of questions not answered by what this is.
04:03And honestly, that's probably another reason everyone would opt-out.
04:08You're not really being clear with what this is going to do to people's – in creations on Twitch.
04:14Most people – you know, most people on Twitch, you know, they're either doing live streams or they're just –
04:19of, like, live streams like this, of – or, like, they're maybe watching a different online creator, or they're playing
04:29video games.
04:30And the majority of Twitch is video games.
04:32So, it's kind of like, what exactly are you going to be doing?
04:40So, I still have a lot of – still have a lot of my videos on Twitch.
04:46Had to – I let Twitch decide what to keep when they limited 100 hours to every creator.
04:56Yeah, and I was trying to keep it, like, under 90, because once you hit 90 hours, you kind of
05:01got, like, a warning that your storage was running too low.
05:06Um, I don't stream there anymore, so I haven't really touched Twitch, and I really don't use Twitch at all
05:13anymore.
05:15Um, but yeah, so, that's just – it just seems like a lot of people are already upset, and you
05:22never – and you never gave them a reason to – to be okay with this, because there's really no
05:28information.
05:29Um, I – I said it a few times, and I still don't know what – exactly they're trading.
05:36Um, so, um, if you do have an account on Twitch, if you stream on Twitch, uh, you might want
05:42to make sure you opt out of this.
05:44Um, me, I could care less what they do on – to my, uh, stored footage on Twitch.
05:50I don't know if – I don't know if they're going to be using stored videos, or if it's got
05:55to be a live stream that they, uh, that it's, you know, it has to be live in order to
06:01use that.
06:03But, you know, it would be nice if they actually gave some, uh, explanation on why – on what they're
06:11doing, and why they're doing it, and how it's going to be implemented, and, you know, information.
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