YouTube Launches Test of AI Chatbot That Answers Questions About Videos – Variety

YouTube is testing a new AI-powered chatbot that can converse with viewers to let them “dive deeper into the content they are watching.” The new conversational tool on YouTube will provide “answers to questions about the video you’re watching, recommendations for related content, and more, all without interrupting playback,” YouTube announced. The “YouChat” feature is available starting Monday to a “small number of people on a subset of videos.” In the next few weeks, it will roll out to YouTube Premium members in the U.S. on Android devices, the video platform said. Users who have access the experimental chatbot feature can access the tool by tapping the new “Ask” button beneath select videos and begin by asking questions about the video or choosing a suggested prompt. A YouTube spokesperson said the conversational tool does not use Google’s Bard chatbot. Rather, its responses “are generated by large language models that draw on information from the YouTube platform and the web,” according to the rep. YouTube released an animation showing how an example of how the “YouChat” conversational generative AI feature would work: In addition, YouTube is kicking the tires on another experimental generative AI feature that summarizes topics in large comment
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