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Twitch Now Defaults to Letting Amazon Use Streams to Train AI
Twitch's updated privacy policy means streams, replays, chat and channel media may be used to train generative AI — unless streamers opt out.
2026-08-13
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Twitch's updated privacy policy means streams, replays, chat and channel media may be used to train generative AI — unless streamers opt out.
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