Bridge Preview for .ai files

I just learned last week that Bridge uses the XMP data to display the preview for an .indd file.  However, this seems to have a maximum size of 256 pixels.
I noticed that Bridge has the ability to resize the preview of .ai files, and it still looks good when it gets big.  How does it generate the preview for other file types, such as .ai, .pdf, .psd, etc.?
Thanks for any insight,
Kyle

"Always High Quality" is checked, and "Generate 100% Previews" is unchecked.
(I'm currently writing a program that pulls or creates a thumbnail based upon a variety of file types.  I've learned how to use XMP to extract the thumbnail from an .indd file (and others).  I was hoping to be able to grab larger thumbnails from files like .ai's, especially since I see that Bridge can do it.)

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