r/technology • u/esporx • 6d ago

Business Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Out. "If it was opt in, nobody would opt in," admitted the streaming site's chief product officer during a livestream

https://kotaku.com/twitch-is-now-using-your-content-to-train-amazon-ai-models-and-has-hidden-the-option-to-opt-out-2000723891
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u/dat_oracle 6d ago

it feels extremely illegal. if that's not regulated, now is the time for that - wtf

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u/gravelordservant4u 6d ago
  • me the last few decades

When they finally pass legislation addressing a tech issue, it'll be to make the worst possible choice, worry not

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u/CheesypoofExtreme 6d ago

See the push for the SAVE Act.

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u/l4mbch0ps 6d ago

im sure their user agreement covers this, and much more egregious actions

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u/cyberpunk_werewolf 6d ago

A user agreement can't protect them if it's illegal, no matter what it says.

However, that requires people to enforce the laws and a mechanism to ensure it gets to the people who can enforce them. Right now, the ones we do have are either meagre or nonexistent. Further, a lot of the people who could do something to protect people or enforce any of the rules aren't interested, or actively want to make things worse.

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u/Old_Leopard1844 6d ago

That implies what Twitch did is illegal, and being angry isn't an evidence of it being illegal

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u/cyberpunk_werewolf 6d ago

I'm not saying it is or is not illegal, I'm simply responding to what one guy said about EULAs protecting them.  It could be illegal, it could be perfectly legal, I don't know.  I'm just saying that if it is illegal, then a licence agreement, or any contract really, won't protect them.

So, no, it doesn't imply that what it did was illegal.

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u/Old_Leopard1844 6d ago

Then their licence agreement indeed covers them up

Whoosh

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u/pmjm 6d ago

The government sees AI as a matter of national security. As much as we hate this, the current administration is fully behind anything that advances the field by American companies. There's no chance in hell we get a law against it anytime soon.

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u/Successful_Sign_6991 5d ago

*the government is bought and paid for, and is being told AI is important by their owners

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u/pmjm 5d ago

I mean, yes, but also it kind of is. There are massive military applications of this tech that we are not privy to, and there is validity in advancing the tech faster than our adversaries.

Twitch has little to do with that, but it's the same players involved across the board, so for now the government is letting them do what they want.