Amazon Prime Video is serving up AI-generated TV recaps

Want to catch up on a favorite TV show without getting spoiled? Amazon Prime Video’s on the case, with an assist from generative AI. 

Rolling out now to Amazon’s Fire TV devices, X-Ray Recaps will offer text recaps of a TV season, a particular episode, or even a portion of an episode, right up to the moment when you stopped watching—hence, no spoilers. 

The feature is part of Prime Video’s X-Ray, the technology that provides a video overlay showing details on the actors in a scene, behind-the-scenes trivia, and so on. 

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For now, X-Ray Recaps is in beta, and it’s restricted to just Amazon MGM Studio Original shows, including Daisy Jones and the Six, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Wheel of Time, and The Boys. 

To access the recaps, just click the “Recap” button on the title detail page, or open X-Ray while watching a video for …