{"id":1672543,"date":"2026-08-23T16:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/twitch-amazon-generative-ai-training-lawsuit-streamers"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:55:20","slug":"twitch-faces-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-using-streamers-content-to-train-amazons-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/twitch-faces-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-using-streamers-content-to-train-amazons-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch faces a class action lawsuit over using streamers&#8217; content to train Amazon&#8217;s AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/twitch-faces-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-using-streamers-content-to-train-amazons-ai.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/twitch\">Twitch<\/a> streamer has filed a proposed class action against the platform and its parent company Amazon, claiming his broadcasts, and those of countless other creators, were fed into generative AI training with neither consent nor payment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/twitch-amazon-generative-ai-training-lawsuit-streamers\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/twitch-amazon-generative-ai-training-lawsuit-streamers\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Twitch streamer has filed a proposed class action against the platform and its parent company Amazon, claiming his broadcasts, and those of countless other creators, were fed into generative AI training with neither consent nor payment. 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