YouTube now lets you ask AI chatbots questions about videos
YouTube is now rolling out a new conversational artificial intelligence (AI) feature to its users. On Tuesday, the company announced that the new tool, which allows users to ask questions about the content of a specific video, is expanding to YouTube Premium subscribers in the US. Previously available in beta, the feature will now allow more users to interact with the chatbot via a new button added below videos. The video streaming platform is also rolling out “pause ads,” or ads that play when a video is paused, to a broader user base.
YouTube Premium subscribers get new conversational AI
The official name of TeamYouTube has announced the rollout of the feature in a after on X (formerly known as Twitter). The feature is rolling out to YouTube Premium subscribers with Android devices in the US. The company has not indicated when the feature will be available to users in other regions.
Those who qualify for the position will see a new feature soon To ask button below the videos, in the same row as Like, PartAnd Download buttons. The new button is followed by the sparkle icon, which Google now uses to indicate AI-based features. Tapping this button opens a window in place of the comments section, where users can type questions about the video.
Users can ask the AI for details about a specific object shown in the video, the genre of a song that is playing, or a summary of the video. They can also ask the AI to recommend similar content. In a support pageThe company stressed that the tool may not be available on every video. Currently, it supports select English-language videos.
The company didn’t disclose the name of the large language model (LLM) used for the feature, but explained that the “LLMs leverage information from YouTube and the web.” This means the conversational AI tool won’t just rely on caption data and video processing to answer user queries.
YouTube collects data when a user interacts with the tool and submits a query. The company said the data is used to improve and develop products and services. A user’s conversations are automatically deleted from its servers after 45 days.
