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Idk why he's laughing at our typos so hard, he can't even pronounce anything correctly 🙄 #HiktsuClips #HikThu

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Good morning, have a happy Sunday everyone!!

look at those claws !!!

i firmly believe girlfriends should be allowed to sit in your lap whenever they want

all i do is yearn

destroying books for ai is almost literally the plot for Farenheit 451. what the FUCK are we doing

ghoulish and romantic, it doesn’t get any better 🦇🥀

i grew up in a world where i was told that wikipedia wasn't reliable, and now everyone trusts AI

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

i don’t think a lot of people understand that even if ai was completely environmentally neutral, or even positive, you should still be against it. it’s making everyone dumb and fucking insane. it will be the downfall of our society

Twitch will use your streams to train AI. @zachbussey leaked this info. He's a great resource for streaming news. My role is to help you understand what news actually matters, and what it means for you / the industry. So here's what you need to know: Your stream data is incredibly valuable. Livestream data is some of the most valuable for training AI. - It's multimodal (video, audio, text chat) which is very in-demand in the data market - It's social data. Real people interacting with each other teaches models to engage socially and have personalities (ai is very bad at this rn) - It's unscripted. The same reason Reddit data is so valuable: it's real - There is a lot of it. Millions of streamers, billions of hours of data Here's what Twitch will (probably) use this data for. None of this is confirmed, but we can make assumptions. 1. Generic foundation model training. This is boring & low stakes, these already exist and don't really hurt you 2. Livestream-specific products like auto-highlights / clips, moderation, streamer co-pilot tools, etc. They want to keep streamers & not make y'all use other tools in this category 3. But the worst one... they could use this to create AI streamers. You're probably thinking "they can't do this! I own my content." The unfortunate reality is.... Twitch vs. Kick vs. YouTube ToS & Your Rights You do not own the rights to your content on Twitch. They can sell your data to whoever they want and you agree to this by using the platform. But there is a silver lining: their rights are non-exclusive and you keep copyright. YouTube has the best platform rights for creators. You retain all ownership, their license is limited to just running their platform, AND they already have AI as *opt-in*. Kick is the worst... specifically the Kick Partner Program. Kick has a permanent, exclusive, sub-licensable buyout. You lose the right to license elsewhere the moment you monetize. So what's the actual problem for streamers? When platforms own the ability to sub-license your data, they can sell it to other companies and use it however they want. Twitch and Kick both have this ability. YouTube does not. If you stream on Kick or YouTube, you could end up as unpaid Research & Development for an AI that replaces you. There is precedent... The content rights argument is playing out across many industries. - SAG-AFTRA went on strike in 2023 and won - Reddit makes ~$130M /yr from Google & OpenAI. Redditors receive none of it - Federal legistlation battles are happening, like the No Fakes Act And many more. Why Twitch Might Grant Opt-In If you don't like AI, you probably would love to know that Twitch has potential to grant an opt-in feature similar to YouTube's Amazon has a large team of very talented lawyers. Litigation is very expensive, especially in a completely new category. Having opt-in consent could prevent a lot of headaches for their (expensive af) legal team. Also, YouTube already has this feature. If Twitch rolls out a forced default while its biggest competitor lets creators choose, Twitch looks anti-creator by direct comparison & loses users How to Make Money From Your Own Data You want to be paid for your data, not these big companies. That's why it's crucial to maintain the ability to sub-license your content (which KPP does NOT allow, Twitch & YouTube are safe) In order to make money from your data, you need to join an aggregator platform. These platforms pool users together to sell and monetize their data. It's going to happen anyway. You might as well be the beneficiary of it. Lmk if you want platform recommendations. What You Should Do Now 1. Demand an opt-in toggle like YouTube. Twitch has caved to pressure before 2. Keep copies of all your VODS in case you want to license them someday. This will be a new revenue line for streamers over the next few yrs 3. If you really hate this, stream on YouTube 4. If you are a Kick Partner, consider leaving the platform or renegotiating your contract The simple conclusion is... The move isn't to rage against AI or roll over for platforms Your move should be to force Twitch to say what they're building and demand the right to choose Protect your rights and force consent, then you decide whether to license your data for money or withhold it entirely Good luck everyone.

Zach Bussey 🇨🇦 @zachbussey

2 days ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

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@chebyumi This is kinda like @ElioIcario’s vtuber lore lol. It’s doomed yaoi

Oh to be choked by a bicep