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No AI for global emotes, change CatintheChat

It is obvious from the disconnected whisker, uncanny expression, and strange anatomy that the holiday emote :CatintheChat: is AI generated. I speak on behalf of the artists on your platform who have had our livelihoods threatened by generative AI, as well as those with numerous ethical concerns- from datasets consisting of stolen and copyrighted work to environmental issues for immense amounts of energy spent on image generation.

From a marketing and business perspective, the money you save releasing AI emotes isn't worth the negative PR, especially compared to the positive PR and community building that would result from featuring one of the creatives on your platform instead.

Optics are important and this sends a clear message that you do not care about the artists working on your platform. The response on social media is very clear: rather than a fun feature to celebrate holidays, all the conversation is about how people don't want AI emotes anywhere near their channel or how they wish you would have worked with one of the many artists on your platform to create it.

This feels like a complete slap in the face after you just released the Artist Creator Club, which seemed like a real effort to support creatives on Twitch. Those efforts ring hollow compared to your actions by releasing this emote.
Make it right. Remove the emote and replace it with something either drawn by a real artist or edited from a real photo. Promise to prevent all future use of generative AI in global emotes so that those of us who oppose it never have to see this harmful practice being used in our chats.
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  • LunaLove68 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am disappointed Pay real artists not AI

  • TheChapyGuy commented  ·   ·  Report

    I was using Twitch less and less already, and if they start using AI generated emotes I'm gone forever
  • KingClockwork commented  ·   ·  Report

    Imagine a billion dollar company not spending double to triple digits of money to pay a real person. ******* disgusting.
  • Dem1dragon commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI can get ******, along with any company that’s lazy enough to use it
  • repalec commented  ·   ·  Report

    You guys made $3bn in revenue last year, spend $60 of that on an emote from a talented artist that won't need the resource-use of a small town to create something adorable and unique.
  • inxsin commented  ·   ·  Report

    using ai is not okay in anyway.
  • ZeonicZeta commented  ·   ·  Report

    The use of pure Ai for art on a platform that claims to hold creators and artists to such high acclaim is an embarrassing mistake. Do better and support the artist who would need the work.
  • venusvariation commented  ·   ·  Report

    Stop being cheap! Pay artists! This stuff with AI needs to stop. It’s everywhere and it’s going too far, unchecked. It’s raping kids, destroying medicine, killing art & music and especially destroying integrity in those mediums and much more thefts. Don’t you care about the many talented artists ON YOUR platform?! Get AI out Twitch!! There is a million more artists deserving of PAY for their work! How disgusting and gross - yet another insult to its own community. Please someone build a new Twitch?! and artists can leave like we left Twitter for some place that respects their work, time and energy.
  • Foxen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Once again Twitch embarrasses themselves and spits in the faces of their community. How much more do you think people will put up with before they leave for other platforms?
  • HoshiLapine commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am honestly getting sick and disgusted at how many companies are starting to use AI in ways it should NEVER be used. DO NOT REPLACE JOBS WITH THIS TRASH AI. Your platform exists to LITERALLY allow people to showcase their talents, skills, etc, and support them. This is such an embarrassing slap in the face.
  • Gunnsorde commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI should only exist for the improvement of medical technologies, it should not be used as a means for companies to avoid supporting artists and their work.
  • TheDreamFawn commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please don't partake in this laziness and poor practice these shortcuts are ridiculous and it hurts your brand and community so many creators on your platform are artists streaming their work process and this is very insulting to them
  • CassieRedsky commented  ·   ·  Report

    One of your employees has a cat. One of them might even be wearing a santa hat. And instead of being like "hey, anyone want their cat to be a global emote" you generate AI slop instead. Who signed off on this???
  • CupOhJoe commented  ·   ·  Report

    We have so many artists on twitch, it feels pretty disrespectful to have AI emotes here. Please just reach out to one of the thousands of artists on the platform.

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