‘If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in.’
The Verge·2026-08-13T09:09:36Z

‘If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in.’

According to Twitch chief product officer Mike Minton, that’s the “honest answer” as to why the streaming platform has started training Amazon’s generative AI models on users’ content by default. Twitch users can choose to opt out, but Minton defends the default setting because “almost every content service in the world” is also doing it. [Media: https://bsky.app/profile/witchytq.bsky.social/post/3msvuadgtts2r]

According to Twitch chief product officer Mike Minton, that’s the “honest answer” as to why the streaming platform has started training Amazon’s generative AI models on users’ content by default. Twitch users can choose to opt out, but Minton defends the default setting because “almost every content service in the world” is also doing it.

[Media: https://bsky.app/profile/witchytq.bsky.social/post/3msvuadgtts2r]