YouTube's AI power-up: How we got even more helpful this year
Dec 12, 2024 – [[read-time]] minute read
YouTube's been using AI to improve your experience in many ways over the years, from personalized recommendations to auto-generated captions. Here are 9 AI-powered features we introduced in 2024 that made YouTube more helpful, accessible and creatively inspiring:
1. Conversational AI tool
Need to understand a concept in a video but don't want to interrupt your flow? The YouTube conversational AI tool lets YouTube Premium members in the US ask questions and get instant answers right within the video player. You can get a substitute for an ingredient in a cooking video you're watching, get recommendations for related content, or even quiz your understanding of a new academic concept.
2. AI Video Summaries
Wanna make sure that a video is right for you before diving in? For select videos, AI-generated video summaries give you a snapshot of what a video's about – as an added bonus to the creator’s description – saving you time and helping you find the perfect content.
3. Live Chat Summaries
AI-generated live chat summaries help live stream fans jump right into conversations that happened before they joined with a helpful summary based on what is typed in the live chat.
4. Ask Music
With Ask Music on the YouTube Music app, you can create the perfect soundtrack for every moment! Just describe your desired mood or activity, and AI will generate a custom radio station – like "Music for a fashionably late entrance," "Songs to help my dog chill out," or "Really fancy candlelit bath music". It is available for YouTube Premium and Music Premium members on Android in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, with iOS and more countries coming soon!
5. Inspiration
For creators who need a little imaginative spark, the Inspiration Tab in YouTube Studio can help kick-start the creative process. With AI suggestions, you can brainstorm ideas, titles, thumbnails, and outlines that resonate with your audience and fit your style, it’s like having a creative partner right at your desktop!
6. Auto dubbing
Now in the hands of thousands of creators–auto dubbing generates translated audio tracks for your videos, making content accessible to viewers around the world in many languages, including newly added ones like German, Hindi, Indonesian and Japanese!
7. Dream Screen
Short-form video creators, this one's for you! Dream Screen brings your imagination to life with AI-generated images or video backgrounds for your Shorts.
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8. Dream Track
Our Dream Track experiment now lets U.S. creators generate instrumental soundtracks for Shorts and on the YouTube Create app. Simply type a prompt and pick a music genre to generate an instrumental soundtrack for your video.
9. Posts
Creators can connect with their audience and express themselves in new and creative ways in Posts. Generate images with Dream Screen and save time workshopping your perfect post with a text transformation tool that makes suggestions to the tone and length of your message.
So, what are you waiting for? Dive into these new features and discover how YouTube is becoming your ultimate destination for learning, entertainment, and creative expression.