YouTube is now rolling out a new conversational artificial intelligence (AI) feature to users. On Tuesday, the company announced the new tool. This tool will let users ask queries about the content of a specific video. YouTube is expanding it to YouTube Premium subscribers in the US. Earlier, this feature was available in beta, but now more users can interact with the chatbot using a new button present underneath the videos. The video streaming platform is also rolling out ‘pause ads’ or ads that play when a video is paused to a wider user base.
YouTube Premium Subscribers to Get New Conversational AI
The official handle of TeamYouTube announced the rolling out of the feature in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter). YouTube is rolling out the feature to YouTube Premium subscribers using Android devices in the US. The company did not specify when the feature will be available to users in other regions.
Those who are eligible for the feature will soon see a new Ask button underneath the videos. This will be in the same row as Like, Share, and Download buttons. Users can ask the AI for details about a specific object shown in the video, the genre of a song being played, or a summary of the video. Additionally, they can also request the AI to recommend similar content. In a support page, the company highlighted that the tool may not be available in every video. Currently, it supports select English-language videos.
The company did not reveal the name of the large language model (LLM). However, the company explained that the “LLMs draw on info from YouTube and the web”. This means the conversational AI tool is not only reliant on subtitle data and video processing to answer user queries.
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