YouTube Tests New AI Features: Comment Summaries and Conversational Tool for Premium Users

New AI Tools on YouTube Include a Chatbot and Topics-Navigation to Simplify Comment Section for Users and Creators, Exclusively Available for Initial Testing to Premium Subscribers.

YouTube is testing two new AI features, a comment summary tool and a chatbot, to simplify user and creator interaction on the platform.
The comment summarizing feature uses AI to sort and summarize comments into categories or 'themes' for easier navigation. This initial test includes a small number of videos with large English comment sections.
The second feature, an AI chatbot named ChatGPT, allows users to ask questions about the current video without interrupting playback, get recommendations for similar content, and even receive quizzes for testing knowledge on educational clips.
These services are currently only available to YouTube Premium subscribers but are expected to roll out to a wider audience in the near future.
The integration of AI tools reflects YouTube's commitment to improving a user's experience and satisfaction, enhancing content discoverability, and fostering meaningful interactions between users and creators.