"I guess we're past the era of " and that's what you missed on Glee." Amazon's Prime Video streamer is adding AI-generated "Video Recaps" to help viewers catch up between seasons of shows, the company announced on Wednesday. According to Amazon, the feature "utilizes generative AI to create theatrical-quality season recaps with synchronized narration, dialogue, and music." It will begin rolling out in beta on Wednesday for select Prime Originals, like "Fallout," "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," and "Upload.""
"Prime Video launched a similar AI-powered feature last year called "X-Ray Recaps," which summarizes complete seasons, episodes, or parts of episodes - at the time, Amazon said that its AI model had guardrails in place to make sure that these recaps don't inadvertently share spoilers. Consumers have become accustomed to these kinds of text-based AI summaries, since they likely see them when their phone summarizes texts, or when they see a (perhaps unwanted) AI summary at the top of their Google results. But these video summaries veer into newer territory, which may appear more obtrusive in the viewing experience than text summaries - or, maybe they'll be embraced by people who don't remember what happened on "Bosch.""
Prime Video is adding AI-generated "Video Recaps" to help viewers catch up between seasons, creating theatrical-quality season summaries with synchronized narration, dialogue, and music. The new feature will roll out in beta for select Prime Originals such as Fallout, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, and Upload. Prime Video previously offered X-Ray Recaps to summarize seasons or episodes and implemented guardrails to avoid spoilers. Consumers already encounter text-based AI summaries on phones and search results. Video summaries may feel more intrusive than text for some viewers, while others may welcome quick refreshers before new seasons. Competitors like YouTube TV and Netflix are also integrating generative AI in different ways.
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