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Twitch turns on AI training by default: Amazon said this week that anything broadcast on Twitch can be used to train its generative AI models unless streamers find the setting and switch it off. Asked on a live stream why it isn’t opt-in, Twitch chief product officer Mike Minton said, “There’s an honest answer, and I think most of you can probably appreciate this. If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in.”
- Streamers told GeekWire the change has them reconsidering what they broadcast, and some have started tagging their channels “NoAI.”
- To opt out: In Twitch settings, under Security and Privacy, find “Training for Generative AI” and turn it off. Some users report the setting turning itself back on.
Auger HQ heads to Dallas: Dave Clark moved the supply chain startup’s headquarters to Texas two years after founding it in Bellevue, where the company will keep and expand a 115-person engineering office. The former Amazon operations chief said the move is about talent and family, not taxes, but he had a warning for the region he’s leaving: “It’s not preordained that these big companies stay in town.”
On this week’s GeekWire Podcast, we debate whether Auger should remain on the GeekWire 200, our ranking of the region’s top privately held startups. Also on the show: what kind of owner will Jeff Bezos be at Liverpool FC? Read more and listen here, and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
Going the other way: Seattle’s Overland AI opened an engineering outpost in the Bay Area, reversing the usual direction of satellite offices between Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest.
A stealth AI startup surfaces: Former Meta AI research director Kevin Carlberg raised $10.25 million for a Seattle-area startup called Noosphere Labs, working on what it calls human-centered physical intelligence. Trilogy led the round; Madrona participated.
Layoffs reach the housing market: Pending home sales in the Seattle area fell 15.6% in July, the sharpest drop of any major U.S. metro. Redfin cited tech layoffs and job insecurity, along with a median sale price near double the national average.
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