Amazon has released an artificial intelligence (AI)-made video recap of its hit TV show Fallout after users said it got several facts about the series wrong.
The company announced in November that it was testing the “first of its kind” tool in the United States to help viewers follow some of its shows on the Prime Video streaming service, including Fallout, its adaptation of the popular video game franchise.
But he has since disappeared from the site after users pointed out errors in his video summarizing the events of Fallout’s first season – including claiming that a scene took place more than 100 years earlier than it was.
The BBC has contacted Amazon for comment.
The decision to seemingly press pause on its AI-powered recaps was first reported by technical publication The Verge.
Amazon said in November that recaps would be available to users on an experimental basis, and only “for select English-language Prime Original series in the United States.”
“Video recaps use AI to summarize a show’s most relevant plot points with theatrical-quality video featuring narration, dialogue, and music.” he said.
But fans eagerly awaiting the release of the next series of Fallout on December 17 have pointed out errors introduced in its recap video of its first series.
Reddit users said a clip showing The Ghoul – one of the show’s central characters, played by actor Walton Goggins – had been incorrectly described in the AI narration as a “flashback to the 1950s”.
Despite the clip’s retro aesthetic, it actually depicts a scene from 2077 – something fans of the series would know instantly.
Fans also said the recap incorrectly summarized a scene between The Ghoul and protagonist Lucy MacLean, played by Ella Purnell, changing their dynamic in a way that could confuse new viewers.
This joins a long list of errors introduced when using generative AI tools to produce content summaries.
In early 2025, Apple suspended an AI feature summarizing notifications after receiving complaints about repeated errors in its summaries of news headlines.
The BBC was one of the groups to complain about functionalityafter an alert generated by Apple’s AI falsely told some readers that Luigi Mangione, charged in the United States with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had committed suicide.
Google AI Previews, which aim to provide concise summaries of search results, are also available. under criticism and mockery for his mistakes.