Amazon launched a limited beta of AI-generated Video Recaps for selected in-house Prime Video shows last month — titles like Fallout, Jack Ryan, The Rig, Upload and Bosch. But now the feature has made a generative AI about-face, with reports of it being removed from the app after fans found errors in the Fallout recap and posted about them online.
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The Video Recaps feature stitches together video clips, audio effects, snippets of dialog, music and an AI-generated voiceover narration. According to Amazon, it “analyzes a season’s key plot points and character arcs to deeply understand the most pivotal moments that will resonate with viewers as they enter the next season.”
But as reported earlier by GamesRadar, a viewer recently posted in the r/Fallout subreddit that the season one recap incorrectly dated Cooper Howard’s flashbacks to 1950 when they were actually set in 2077.
“‘Cooper offers Lucy a choice in the finale: die, or join him’ phrased as if he’d be the one to kill her,” another viewer posted on X, describing one of the other AI errors in the recap.
Several outlets then noted that the recap option in the app seems to have disappeared. CNET Senior Editor Corinne Reichert’s app still displays the recap option, but nothing happens when it’s clicked.
The recap appears, with a description and a video thumbnail with “2 min” written beside it, but you can’t tap on it.
As someone with a terrible memory, I would really, really like these types of features to work. Hope springs eternal, I guess.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
