Twitch Streamer Sues Amazon, Twitch Over AI Training on Millions of Videos

3 articles · Updated · Courthouse News Service · Aug 21

A Connecticut streamer with 900-plus followers filed a 37-page class action in California, alleging Twitch and Amazon copied millions of creator videos to train Amazon generative AI without permission or pay.
The suit follows Twitch’s Aug. 12 disclosure that channel content is used for AI training across Amazon and that creators are automatically opted in unless they manually switch each channel off.
Pandiscia says that setup still captures content from opted-out users who appear in opted-in channels, making full consent impossible and violating Twitch’s contractual and privacy commitments.
The complaint seeks an injunction, damages, restitution and disgorgement, and claims the companies had been scraping streamer content as early as 2024.
The case adds to scrutiny of Amazon’s AI data practices at Twitch, which Amazon bought for about $970 million in 2014 and whose executives had previously acknowledged limited AI-development use of creator content.