- Users have noticed a bug in Prime Video’s AI-generated summaries after it got a fact wrong about Fallout season one
- Since the bugs were flagged, Amazon has paused AI recaps of its TV shows, but has not said when or if they will return
- Prime Video is also gearing up for the premiere of Fallout season two, which arrives on December 17th
Prime Video’s new AI-powered recaps for TV shows aren’t quite living up to their expectations, with users noticing incorrect details during the recap of Fallout season one – including the year it was set.
This couldn’t come at a more awkward time for the platform, which is currently preparing for the arrival of Fallout season two on December 17.
As seen by GamesRadar, the Season 1 recap features an AI voiceover overlaid on a series of video highlights from the show, but incorrectly states that The Ghoul’s (Walter Goggins) flashback scenes are set in the 1950s – when they actually take place in the year 2077.
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It doesn’t end there though, as the AI summary also failed to provide an accurate summary of the season finale, which framed The Ghoul’s offer to Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) as a ‘join or die’ situation when that couldn’t be further from the truth. This was also picked up by GamesRadar, which reiterates that the Season 1 finale instead gave a chance for both characters to find the man “behind the wheel” in New Vegas, where the two will venture. Fallout season two.
Amazon began testing AI-powered recaps last month and is one of the latest additions to the Prime Video ecosystem. But after the mistakes it made with its Fallout recap, the company has apparently pulled them from a handful of its popular shows, including The rig, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Uploadand Bosch, This is reported by The Verge.
When Amazon first revealed it was introducing AI-powered recaps to its TV shows, the company shared that the goal was to “identify a show’s key plot points, combine them with synchronized voice narration, dialogue snippets and music to create a visual summary that prepares viewers for the new season.”
While Prime Video’s AI-generated recaps have proven adept at compiling highlights of a TV show and juxtaposing them with music and a voiceover, they still lack the key ingredient: factual accuracy. Want to see how bad it is for yourself? You can find a summary of season 1 on the Extras tab Fallout season two list.
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