Releasing this with the OPTION ON FIRST is slimy and you guys know it. It's disgusting. Y'all are going the way of Kick.. pretty soon you'll allow gambling back on here. D I S G U S T I N G. Dan Clancy, DO BETTER you're pathetic for doing us this way.

Incredibly disappointed, though unfortunately not surprised. We all know who owns Twitch, and that the almighty dollar is above all else. The absurd increase of ads, especially those that are perversely obtrusive, are proof of that. However, sneaking in generative AI as an automatically-opt-in "feature" borders on criminal. You are stealing your creators' voices to be used as part of the machine that was literally built on theft. Twitch might be massive, as an extremely massive tentacle attached to Amazon, but it isn't eternal. People are sick of everything that comes with genAI, and if enough creators decide to jump ship and sacrifice convenience and reach for the protection of their voice, there will be enough followers that go with them that even the faceless board members will notice. Stop it now to maintain whatever slim good will you still have with your community.

I'm actually disgusted by this, but unfortunately not surprised. I don't know ANY Twitch user/streamer who would want to opt in to a feature like this. Get rid of the auto opt-in, or even better, don't force AI upon Twitch's MANY unwilling users!

As a creator on this platform for over 6 years this is the most disappointing thing you could have ever done. Gen AI is destroying our planet and any human with a heart will never support it! REMOVE ALL AI!!!!!

If you want to turn on something by default, make it "saving VODs" instead. I'm confident that the number of users who would actually be interested in having their user data chucked into the slop machine by default is below double digits. Stupid move, Twitch.

This is infuriating. Not announcing this or having it be auto opted out is awful.

AI has 0 place in content creation and it is idiotic for twitch to be even enabling this please get this feature out of here, it is bad for everyone.

AI should always be opt in. If you're going to use people's data, they should be paid for it

As a gamer, a game developer, a Twitch user since Day 1, and an ethical human being, **** Generative AI. Twitch is continuing to make awful decisions that none of its users want, and profiteering from content that doesn't belong to them is predatory, especially when it's an opt-out system to withdraw consent. Not only should all AI features be removed, but there needs to be serious examination into whether the leadership of Twitch is up to the job, given how much of a disconnect there is between their "grand designs" and the worsening user experience on the platform. Streamers are already jumping ship for other platforms, so its time for Twitch to change course before it becomes the architect if its own irrelevance.

Remove AI features. Period. There is neither Room nor acceptable reason for it here.

AI should ALWAYS be turned off by default. Ideally, it wouldn't be implemented at all, but the lesser of two evils is letting people choose before turning it on.

very disappointed a site meant for community is being infiltrated by AI. it has no place on Twitch. creators and viewers do not want that garbage on the platform. be a company that has a backbone and stand against AI. it does nothing for you but get rid of real users who have been on the site for years if not decades

If generative AI is so great then why do companies feel the need to hide the fact that it's being integrated

REMOVE AI FROM EVERYTHING

Ai is not worth it. I refuse to support a platform that uses it

This should be a feature that is OFF by default and buried in the settings to be able to turn it off. Most streamers/viewers don't go back to check their channel settings after establishing their accounts. Channels that opt in should have some kind of warning for those who do not want to participate to avoid being in those chats since you do not have a way to separate the two. Unfortunately, that is the nature of the beast when it comes to AI, not everyone agrees with it's use.

Do they think we are boo boo the fool? **** AI

This makes be want to stop streaming.

It looks like they accidentally turned this on by default for everyone. I'm sure they'll correct the mistake in a few hours ☺️

Make stealing content for AI opt-in by default. Or, better yet, remove the training entirely. People should have to consent to having their content used for purposes like this. You need to ASK for consent. It is not implied.

I don't care what the higher-ups at Amazon want. Twitch will lose an unfathomable amount of traffic if they continue pushing this. AI is unpopular, a majority of people do not want it.