Twitch users who do not want their content included in Amazon’s generative AI training must manually switch off a setting in their account controls. The option is enabled by default, so simply having a Twitch account does not count as opting out.
The setting has drawn criticism because Twitch users have not received clear answers about what content may be used or whether material collected before opting out will be removed from training.
The setting covers content across a channel, including streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, images, and text. Twitch says that once the option is disabled, those materials will not be used in future training for an Amazon model designed to generate or synthesize text, audio, images, or video.
How to turn off Amazon’s AI training option on Twitch
The opt-out switch is located in Twitch’s security and privacy settings. Follow these steps to disable it:
- Sign in to your Twitch account.
- Open the Settings menu.
- Select Security and Privacy.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and find Training for Generative AI.
- Turn off the toggle.
Twitch also says a streamer’s audio could help improve speech-to-text systems, including captioning on Twitch and other captioning tools across Amazon. Opting out does not turn off every automated feature: Twitch will continue using AutoMod to help moderate communities, while stating that AutoMod does not retain user data to produce new content. Automatic captions will also remain available, but Twitch says it does not retain streams or clips to train a model that generates new content.
Opting out is not automatic
No. Twitch’s AI training option starts enabled, which means users must change it themselves if they do not want to participate.
Turning off the setting also does not resolve every question about previously uploaded content. Twitch has not clearly explained whether VODs or other content may have already been used to train Amazon’s AI, or whether disabling the option removes material that was collected before the change.
Amazon’s work with Twitch predates this opt-out control. At a 2024 Creator Economy Summit, chief product officer Mike Minton told The Information that Amazon was already using Twitch in AI work, though only in a prototype phase rather than at production scale. He also said that the work would need to remain within user-trust expectations and privacy regulations, which differ across regions.
For now, users who want to opt out should check the setting directly rather than assume their account is excluded by default.
Twitch says creators would not opt in
During a Patch Notes stream on Twitch’s official channel, chief product officer Mike Minton addressed the criticism directly. He said the company chose an opt-out system because “if it was opt in, nobody would opt in,” adding that Twitch viewed users’ ability to refuse model training as the distinguishing part of its approach.
Minton’s comment has become the sharpest point of the backlash, since it frames the default setting as a response to the expectation that creators would reject the arrangement if Twitch asked for permission first.
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