Instead of scouring the web for a abstract of a TV present, which frequently dangers unintentionally revealing main plot factors, Prime Video’s newest function goals to save lots of viewers from encountering any spoilers.
Amazon introduced on Monday the launch of “X-Ray Recaps,” a generative AI-powered function that creates concise summaries of whole seasons, single episodes, and even elements of episodes. Notably, the corporate claims that guardrails had been put in place to make sure the AI doesn’t generate spoilers, so you may totally take pleasure in your favourite collection with out the anxiousness of stumbling upon undesirable info.
The new function is an enlargement of the streamers’ current X-Ray function, which shows info once you pause the display, comparable to particulars in regards to the solid and different trivia.
To use Recaps, go to the element web page of a TV present, the place a brand new rewind icon will help you choose from three decisions: recape the present episode, recap all the season to date, or recap the earlier season.
X-Ray Recaps is at the moment in beta and can solely be accessible to Fire TV prospects within the U.S. to start out. At launch, customers can entry the function on all Amazon MGM Studios unique titles, together with “Daisy Jones and the Six,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “The Wheel of Time,” and “The Boys.”
It’ll roll out to extra units on the finish of the 12 months.
As the corporate defined in its weblog submit, the function leverages a mixture of customized AI fashions (constructed with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker) to investigate video, subtitles, and dialogue to explain key occasions, conversations, and different info.
Amazon additionally famous that the function is totally customized to align with the exact second you’re watching. So, whether or not you’re only a few minutes into a brand new episode, halfway by a season, or returning to a collection you forgot about, X-Ray Recaps can present transient snippets of scenes occurring in actual time.
Prime Video’s announcement comes on the heels of rival Google TV releasing AI-generated summaries, an identical device that creates transient synopses of TV reveals and films.
