Prime Video Is Testing a Video Recaps AI Feature That Will Give You the Scoop On What You Missed

Amazon has announced its latest effort to usage generative AI: to adhd a Video Recaps work for erstwhile seasons of fashionable shows connected Prime Video.

Prime Video is Amazon's streaming platform, and is location to deed TV bid specified arsenic Fallout, Reacher, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The instrumentality is present successful beta connected prime Prime archetypal series, with catch-ups utilizing music, dialogue, and narration to springiness the spectator a recap connected what happened successful the earlier seasons of a show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Amazon is betting AI tin place cardinal crippled points for a bid to beryllium synchronized with a voiceover narration and dialog snippets.”

Naturally, the anticipation with a caller diagnostic similar this is that casual viewers who whitethorn person missed ample sections of a TV bid tin leap backmost successful easy with an AI-generated ocular recap that goes implicit some characters and important storylines missed. Prime Video is nary alien to AI, arsenic it uses it to suggest hunt topics already, but this is surely a much blatant usage of the technology.

“Video Recaps marks a groundbreaking exertion of generative AI for streaming,” VP of exertion astatine Prime Video, Gérard Medioni, explained successful a statement. “This first-of-its-kind diagnostic demonstrates Prime Video’s ongoing committedness to innovation and making the viewing acquisition much accessible and enjoyable for customers.”

No connection conscionable yet connected when, oregon if, this exertion volition beryllium rolled retired for each shows and users, but it stands to crushed that Prime is going to astatine slightest try to get america each connected committee arsenic soon arsenic possible, particularly with large hitters Fallout Season 2, Reacher Season 4, and The Boys Season 5 waiting successful the wings.

The caller comes blistery connected the heels of Disney brag Bob Iger's confirmation that the company's streaming work volition soon let subscribers to make and presumption AI-generated content.

Speaking during the company's latest net call, Iger said Disney+ would alteration to besides big user-generated contented for the archetypal time, successful a measurement that looks acceptable to unfastened the floodgates for fans keen to marque their ain creations featuring the likes of Darth Vader, Iron Man, and characters from Frozen.

"[We're] successful the midst of rolling retired the biggest and the astir important changes — from a merchandise perspective, from a exertion position — since we launched the work successful 2019," Iger said, per The Hollywood Reporter.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.