Thousands tune into a livestream of Claude 3.7 Sonnet navigating the game on its own better than its predecessor. Anthropic tells PCMag it's a more effective way of measuring AI progress.
And while Twitch says that only 0.5 percent of users will be affected by these new limits, gamers are warning that the move threatens to eradicate large swaths of recent gaming history from the Internet.
ESafety's report combined results from a national survey on social media usage by eight to 15-year olds, along with responses from eight services including Alphabet's YouTube, Meta's Facebook and Amazon's Twitch.
With nearly two decades of experience spanning Disney, Activision, Twitch, and UTA, Eatedali has been at the forefront of digital transformation in entertainment, technology, and gaming. At Disney, he helped shape digital distribution strategies and secured landmark deals with Amazon,
Anthropic launched Claude Plays Pokémon on Twitch, a live stream of Anthropic’s newest AI model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, playing a game of Pokémon Red. It’s become a fascinating experiment of sorts, showcasing the capabilities of today’s AI tech and people’s reactions to them.
Malofeyev’s Twitch account was shut down in 2022 months after Russia invaded Ukraine and the United States government imposed sanctions on some Russians; Malofeyev was sanctioned for his role in a “worldwide sanctions evasion and malign influence network,” per the lawsuit, led by Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev — his father.
Twitch is attempting to fight a lawsuit by one of its former streamers that would demand that it pay them more money than exists on the planet.
As VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, we failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam,” Ethan Evans, who retired as VP of Prime Gaming in 2020 after a 15-year stint at the company, wrote on LinkedIn last week.
Adin Ross has lifted the lid on his rumored unbanning on Twitch, and it’s not good news for anyone hoping to see him on there.
Streaming platform Twitch has announced a big change to its monetization policy, as "most streamers" will soon gain access to the site's monetization tools. Previously, only Twitch affiliates and partners could access these revenue-generating tool, but these will be available to more creators later in 2025.
This limit does not apply to Past Broadcasts or Clips and is expected to impact less than 0.5 percent of active streamers.
Twitch, the popular live streaming platform owned by Amazon, has announced a new policy introducing a 100-hour storage limit for highlights and uploads. Set to take effect on April 19, this change affects a small fraction of the community—less than 0.