YouTube introduces AI-powered comment summaries and chatbots to enhance video consumption

YouTube has come up with a new AI chatbot that can initiate conversation with viewers to let them dive deeper into the content they are watching. The announcement says that YouTube will provide “answers to questions about the video you’re watching, recommendations for related content, and more, all without interrupting playback.

For whom this feature is available now?

Currently this new feature is already available to a small number of people on a subset of videos. Within next week, it will be available for all the premium members in the US. To use this feature, users just have to tap the 'Ask' button under the select videos option and begin asking questions about the video or choosing a suggested prompt. YouTube released an animation showing an example of how the YouChat AI will work.

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YouTube is also currently exploring a new experimental generative AI feature that distils the key topics discussed in lengthy comment sections, allowing viewers to quickly grasp the essence of the ongoing conversations. "We hope this feature will help creators understand their subscribers' interests and concerns at a glance", YouTube stated.

YouTube's statement

“Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll learn more about how viewers are using these new features and continue to introduce more updates that make YouTube even more relevant and useful”, YouTube also mentioned in their email.