Amazon Can Use Your Twitch Content to Train Its AI—Unless You Opt Out

Twitch has updated its account settings to let streamers opt out of having their content used to help train the artificial intelligence models of Twitch’s…

Amazon will train on Twitch streamers' content by default, unless they opt out |

The streaming platform Twitch will now use creators’ content to help train generative AI models for its parent company, Amazon. This move has inspired swift…

Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S. |

In Brief Posted: 2:24 PM PDT · August 8, 2026 As part of a planned data center in Pecos County, Texas, Amazon is investing in…

AI labs want to pump the brakes, but Amazon and SpaceX are still blasting off

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe it’stime for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments camejust days after…

Korean Skincare Brand Meditherapy Tops Amazon U.S. Facial Serums, Breaking Into Beauty Best Sellers Top 20

/PRNewswire/ — Meditherapy, a Korean skincare brand, has reached the No.1 Best Seller position in Amazon U.S.’s Facial Serums category with its flagship Retinal Skin…

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts discuss Amazon’s controversial decision to drop Luca Guadagnino’s film about OpenAI’s Sam Altman—which reportedly did not paint him…

3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers

Earlier this month, five current Amazon employees publicly urged Seattle City Council to regulate data centers. It was an unprecedented act of advocacy by tech…

World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names |

In Brief Posted: 10:43 AM PDT · June 17, 2026 Odyssey, a world model AI startup founded by self-driving vehicle pioneers CEO Oliver Cameron and…

A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon |

Audiobook, e-book, or both? Now, you won’t have to choose. The Scribd-owned reading subscription service Everand wants to make the choice unnecessary. On Tuesday, the…

Exclusive: Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts |

Before Zack Eakin sold investors on his new startup, he practiced on Palmer Luckey. When Eakin left Luckey’s defense startup, Anduril, in 2024 to start…