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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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  • SweetSyn commented  ·   ·  Report

    As an artist and twitch streamer, I'm appalled by the use of AI for this emote.

  • itsash0wtime commented  ·   ·  Report

    I’m disappointed in the use of AIs. It’s cheap and tacky and disrespectful towards artists who have their art used for training without permission. Do better.

  • Magnemite commented  ·   ·  Report

    "ai" is horrid, never use it for anything ever again
  • Floofablue commented  ·   ·  Report

    Extremely disappointing to see AI used, especially over an emote! Twitch needs to understand that artists behind every streamers graphics, emotes, etc are AGAINST generative ai. They don't need to have emotes that could make others feel that it's even acceptable to do.
  • fairyofhopeva commented  ·   ·  Report

    No AI art is ever needed! It brings no value to the table. Plus it takes away possible revenue for actual artists who could be creating global emotes for Twitch. Be better!
  • SpicyNoobles commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch, I like to think this company can get better, but stuff like this makes me think I am wrong. Always say no to AI
  • RumbolDongle commented  ·   ·  Report

    They aren't beating the artist hating allegations... Though with a parent company like Amazon, that goes without saying.
  • MynstraJael commented  ·   ·  Report

    generated AI content has never been taken well by the art community, and even those outside of it. people think it's trash and frankly it IS. you could take even a stock image to make this emote or actually HIRE ARTISTS to make your emotes, as a majority of twitch is art streamers who would gladly make them for you!

    we're disappointed in you and we will not stand for this, Twitch.
  • Nightcaaat commented  ·   ·  Report

    Very much agree. It is extremely disappointing to see Twitch turn to generative AI and will greatly affect how I use Twitch going forward.
  • MangoVortex commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI image generation is terrible for artists and Twitch should not be supporting it
  • jukeboxhero_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    Usage of LLMs and genAI is fundamentally opposed to the core values of Twitch, where users generate content all day, every day. Amazon is a multi-billion dollar company, they can easily afford to pay an artist to make an emote of a cat. Get rid of this slop and get a real artist to make a new emote.
  • Dratinaroni commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's hard to see Twitch disregarding an entire category of streamers and disrespecting the entire streaming community for the sake of being lazy.

  • ShUwUba commented  ·   ·  Report

    some of yous up there on your high corpa seats kinda make me sick that you'd even consider doin somethin like this when your platform has cultivated such a rich and thriving community of creatives. no company gets a pass to do this ****, and that especially applies to this one. SAY NO TO AI.
  • MedicOverHere commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why allow GenAI on a platform that is all about creators and all the hard work they do? Remove it and *BAN* Generative AI slop from the platform.
  • damamacat commented  ·   ·  Report

    There are more than enough artists willing to make emotes! Keep real people and real talent, always say no to AI!
  • AquariaSketches13 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Absolutely not! This is an insult to every artist on Twitch, including myself! Twitch should remove this emote immediately and never try this again!

  • Jessamery commented  ·   ·  Report

    Not a fan, as an artist nor as a streamer/watcher. AI takes away from actual artists
  • ArchangelAlkemy commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am NOT for this. This is ridiculous and is taking away from a community of artists and careers.
  • LKthefox commented  ·   ·  Report

    As an artist I am so insulted by this. I knew Twitch was falling off but this is just sad

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