How to stop Twitch from letting Amazon train generative AI on your streams

# What changed Twitch confirmed it will use streamers' content to train generative AI models and set that option on by default. That includes live streams, past broadcasts, clips, channel images and text, and chat on your channel. The setting is labeled "Training for Generative AI."

# How to opt out right now

• On the web: click your avatar (top right) → Settings → Security and Privacy → scroll to "Training for Generative AI" and turn it off. You can also open the direct menu link Twitch provides.
• In the mobile app: Profile → Settings → Security and Privacy → toggle off "Training for Generative AI."

# What opting out actually does

# What opting out does not do

• It does not opt you out of all AI or machine learning uses on Twitch. Systems that power the site — like AutoMod and transcription used for captions and summaries — still run. Twitch says data used for those operational features is not retained for GenAI model training.
• Twitch says opting out will not affect your reach or discoverability on the platform.

# Why Twitch made it opt-out, not opt-in Twitch Chief Product Officer Mike Minton answered this directly in a Patch Notes livestream: he said if the option were opt-in, few to no creators would sign up, so the company turned training on by default and offered an opt-out. He framed this as consistent with other services that default to on, while pointing to the opt-out option as a concession to creator concerns.

# Community reaction The announcement sparked significant backlash. Within hours, a support-forum post demanding Twitch make the setting opt-in received nearly 14,000 upvotes. Thousands of comments called for choice over whether AI can use creator content.

# Does leaving Twitch help?

# Practical next steps for creators 1) Decide whether you want your channel content included in GenAI training. 2) If you do not, toggle off "Training for Generative AI" in Settings > Security and Privacy on the web or app. 3) If you participate in chats on other channels, be aware those messages could be collected if the channel owner has not opted out.

# Bottom line Twitch will use creator content to train generative AI by default but provides a clear opt-out in account settings. Opting out limits future GenAI training use of your channel content while leaving platform-essential AI features intact. The change provoked swift creator pushback, and Twitch's public explanation is that the company expects most people would not opt in, so it made training the default.