Google\u2019s testing a pair of experimental artificial intelligence (AI) systems for creators and viewers on its YouTube video sharing platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first experiment, according to a post on YouTube Help, involves an \u201cAI that organizes large comment sections of long-form videos into easily digestible themes.\u201d This tool will allow content creators to organize their comment sections by topic, highlight specific comments, and even delete comments related to a given topic. <\/p>\n
This experiment is currently active and \u201crunning on a small number of videos in English that have large comment sections.\u201d YouTube Premium subscribers can opt in as part of YouTube\u2019s experimental features program. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the second appears slightly more ambitious. It comes in the form of a generative AI chatbot, ostensibly similar to Google\u2019s Bard or OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, whose aim is to interact with viewers while they watch videos.<\/p>\n
According to YouTube:<\/p>\n
\u201cTo help you dive deeper into the content you\u2019re watching, we\u2019re experimenting with a conversational AI tool. This tool lets you get answers to questions about the video you\u2019re watching, recommendations for related content, and more, all without interrupting playback.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The chatbot can also provide increased interactivity such as creating quizzes for users watching certain academic videos. <\/p>\n
This experiment is currently active for a \u201csmall number of people on a subset of videos\u201d and, according to YouTube, will be rolling out more widely in the coming weeks to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on the Android platform. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s no mention as to whether these features are planned for wide scale implementation and YouTube appears quick to offer the standard, boilerplate warning that the new features are experimental and \u201cwe may not always get it right.\u201d <\/p>\n