YouTube has introduced two new AI-powered features for Premium subscribers, including AI-generated comment summaries and a chatbot to answer questions about the video content. These experimental features are opt-in and will only be available during their test periods. The comment summarizer will organize comments into themes, making it easier for users to digest large volumes of feedback. This tool will be limited to English videos with extensive comment sections, and it won’t include content from unpublished messages or those with blocked words or users. Creators will have the ability to delete individual comments as well.
Additionally, YouTube’s AI chatbot, developed using large language models, allows viewers to ask questions about the video they are watching without interrupting playback. This assistant will provide information drawn from YouTube and the web, and it will be accessible via a new “Ask” button in the YouTube app for Android. While the comment summarizer is available to try now, the chatbot will be rolled out to a small number of users on select videos, with a broader release for Android users planned in the coming weeks. YouTube acknowledges that these features may not always be accurate, reflecting the experimental nature of AI tools.
Key Takeaways:
- YouTube Premium subscribers will have access to experimental AI features that summarize comments and provide a chatbot for video inquiries.
- The AI-generated comment summaries will categorize comments into topics for easier consumption, but will exclude certain types of comments for quality control.
- YouTube’s AI chatbot, which is trained on video content, will allow users to ask questions and receive information without stopping the video playback.
“The AI-powered summaries will organize comments into ‘easily digestible themes.’ In a Mr. Beast video YouTube used as an example, the tool generated topics including ‘People love Bryan the bird,’ ‘Lazarbeam should be in more videos,’ ‘No submarine’ and ‘More 7 day challenges.’ You can tap on the topic to view the complete list of associated comments.”
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