As a substitute 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 avoid wasting 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 complete 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 possibly can totally take pleasure in your favourite sequence with out the anxiousness of stumbling upon undesirable data.
The brand new function is an enlargement of the streamers’ present X-Ray function, which shows data whenever you pause the display, resembling particulars in regards to the solid and different trivia.
To make use of Recaps, go to the element web page of a TV present, the place a brand new rewind icon will can help you choose from three decisions: recape the present episode, recap your complete season to date, or recap the earlier season.
X-Ray Recaps is at the moment in beta and can solely be out there to Hearth TV clients 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 further units on the finish of the yr.
As the corporate defined in its weblog publish, the function leverages a mix of customized AI fashions (constructed with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker) to research video, subtitles, and dialogue to explain key occasions, conversations, and different data.
Amazon additionally famous that the function is totally personalised to align with the exact second you’re watching. So, whether or not you’re just some minutes into a brand new episode, halfway via a season, or returning to a sequence you forgot about, X-Ray Recaps can present transient snippets of scenes taking place in actual time.
Prime Video’s announcement comes on the heels of rival Google TV releasing AI-generated summaries, an analogous device that creates transient synopses of TV reveals and flicks.
