YouTube Trials AI Chatbot Residing Under Videos Youβre Watching
YouTube Trials AI Chatbot Residing Under Videos Youβre Watching
Thereβs quite a bit of movement on YouTube recently, including expanding its adblock-combatting efforts, testing a βPlay Somethingβ button, and now a conversational AI that sits under videos youβre watching. It hasnβt been given any sort of fancy name just yet, as itβs currently referred to as βA conversational AI toolβ in Googleβs support article.
Its functions are pretty much what you expect from most generative AI chatbots these days, which include providing answers regarding the video or suggesting related content to watch. Itβs also capable of quizzing users if the video contains educational content. Users enrolled in the test (limited to YouTube Premium subscribers in the US) can access the feature by tapping on the comments panel and tapping βAskβ to begin.
Itβs one of many among Googleβs recent efforts to integrate AI into its services, which previously consisted of multi-language audio dubbing, for example. In the same article, YouTube also mentions AI-powered comment summarization, which aims to organize large comment sections into βeasily-digestible themesβ. This is presented as a separate βTopicsβ tab, and is currently an ongoing test on select English-language videos.
Source: The Verge
Pokdepinion: I donβt think the implementation wouldnβt provide much use in practice, since people may just end up watching the content and move on soon enough.


