Prime Video’s new feature uses generative AI to recap what you’re watching

For years, Prime Video's most impressive party trick has been the X-Ray feature, which shows viewers a wealth of information about the content they're watching, from actor bios to the name of the song playing to trivia about the scene. This week, Amazon gave the X-Ray feature an AI-powered cousin in the form of X-Ray Recaps.

As Amazon explained on its website, X-Ray Recaps are powered by generative AI and create "brief, easy-to-digest summaries of full seasons of TV shows, single episodes...