Got a question about a YouTube video you didn’t understand or just didn’t want to watch? You can ask the AI chatbot being rolled out on the video platform to answer all those questions — at least if you’re a Premium subscriber on an Android device. The AI, likely powered by Google’s Gemini AI models, can summarize and expand on any aspect of the video on your screen, like a friend who just memorized every video on the platform.
The chatbot brings artificial intelligence to video displays in the YouTube app via a card in the comments section. You can swipe through these to find the question card, which opens up a space to text the chatbot. There, you can ask for a summary or engage in a conversation about the video. YouTube envisions people asking the AI to explain what the video is about, clarify details, and recommend more videos. In theory, it could help video creators who would otherwise have to moderate the comments section for people asking questions or seeking more information.
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The chatbot fits neatly into YouTube and Google’s overall strategy of making Gemini-powered AI tools ubiquitous in your life, especially on your smartphone. YouTube has launched or is working on launching features like AI-powered chatbots that mimic famous people and fictional characters and a tool to help you skip to the most popular part of a video.
This is on top of a flood of AI features for creators, like an AI music generator, which is paired with another that can remove copyrighted music from your video without deleting it entirely. You can even ask an AI chatbot for inspiration for your next video and use the upcoming Dream Screen AI to create video backgrounds. At the rate Google is going, AI will become as central to making and watching videos on YouTube as the typical request to like and subscribe that you hear at the end of 99% of videos on the platform.
