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Amazon has announced AI-generated ‘Video Recaps’ for Prime Video on Wednesday. The initiative is likely to be a new way for viewers to catch up between seasons on their favorite shows.
Unlike text-based summaries, these recaps are theatrical video clips generated using generative AI, with narration, dialogue, and music stitched into a shot highlight reel. The feature goes into beta rollout, starting with select Prime Originals, including Prime Originals, including Fallout, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and Upload.
Amazon Prime Video already has X-Ray Recaps, which launched last year to provide AI-powered episode or whole-season recaps. At the time, Amazon made sure to point out that the tool was designed with strict guardrails to prevent accidental spoilers. These new Video Recaps, though, go beyond on-screen text into immersive visual storytelling, and could change how audiences re-engage with shows after long gaps.
Consumers may be accustomed to AI-written summaries on their phones or search engines, but AI-generated video content is a newer frontier. The addition could feel intrusive for purists who like organic recaps.
This might prove invaluable for viewers who can’t remember the plotlines of shows like Bosch, NCIS, or Supernatural. As streaming libraries continue their growth and binge-watching habits change, platforms see recaps as one of the ways to keep audiences hooked.
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Prime Video is not alone in this endeavor.YouTube uses its AI-powered ‘Key Plays’ feature to help fans catch up on its live sports, a tool that just won it a Technical Emmy Award. Meanwhile, Netflix has leaned into AI on the production side. This year, shows such as The Eternaut and films such as Happy Gilmore 2 used generative AI for visual effects, de-aging, and pre-production design.
AI’s quick acceptance has merely increased the friction in Hollywood. Copyright violation concerns lead to artists claiming that the new models will push them out of their jobs.
Meanwhile, some perceive the usage of AI in VFX or animation as a way to relieve the monotonous part of the creative process and let the artist solely narrate the story. With the development of tools, the argument regarding the extent to which streaming services should invest in AI will probably get heated.
