Google is testing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically generate summaries of video content on YouTube, according to an announcement on the platform’s support page on July 31.
However, this summary will only appear limited below some videos with English content. At the same time, only a limited number of users will be allowed to test the feature. Accordingly, they will appear on YouTube’s search bars and video pages, intended to provide a brief overview of the video’s content. However, it will not replace the description below each human-written video.
“We’re starting to test auto-generated AI summaries on YouTube, so you can easily read a quick summary of a video and decide if it’s right for you,” the support page reads. .
According to Android Police, users can sign up for new YouTube experiments at YouTube.com/new, although participating in some trials may require a subscription to the YouTube Premium service. As revealed by a Google spokesperson, YouTube viewers can see auto-generated summaries of video content when viewing English-language vlogs, shopping videos, and how-to videos on mobile devices. . This means that videos with Vietnamese content will not be supported in the near future.
YouTube’s experiment is one of a series of artificial intelligence initiatives taking place at Google right now, as the search giant races to find ways to use the emerging technology. For example, at its developer conference in May, the company announced a new feature on the Play Store that uses generative AI to summarize app user reviews.
But of course, that’s just the surface when it comes to Google’s AI efforts, including integrating AI into search, as well as integrating the Duet AI engine for apps on Workspace. Other companies have also tried to use AI to automatically generate summaries of online content. For example, Artifact recently launched a summary feature for articles.
According to The Verge, when the AI video content summary feature is widely released, it is a big question mark whether this feature will affect the way YouTubers organize their video content structure. Any policy changes and new features introduced by Youtube could have a wide-ranging impact on the content ecosystem, as creators are constantly trying to please the content recommendation algorithm. In other words, instead of just serving a human audience, YouTubers may now have to find a way to create videos suitable for AI.
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