YouTube music is testing AI music hosts who provide relevant stories, trivia fan and comments about what you hear, the company announced Friday.
The move comes two years after Spotify began an AI DJ offering a diligent music choice alongside AI-Powered spoken comment on the songs and artists you like.
The new YouTube Music feature is based on its current experiments with Conversational AI. In July, the service threw a feature of AI Conversational Radio that allows users to create a custom radio station describing what they want to hear.
YouTube Music’s new AI hosts are currently being tested through YouTube Labs, the new AI experiments. To one blogThe company said youtube Labs is “a new initiative dedicated to exploring AI’s potential on YouTube”.
YouTube Labs is similar to Google Labs, Google’s experimental arm that allows users to test early stage AI products and provide comments.
YouTube Labs is open to all YouTube users, which means that they do not need to participate in premium to register. However, the company notes that only a limited number of US -based participants will have access to the experimental program.
YouTube Labs recently applies AI features to YouTube.
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Earlier this month, the company has released a series of AI features for creators, including Genai tools to create shorts. A few months ago, YouTube launched a Carousel Search Carousel powered by AI, similar to Google AI reviews and extending access to the AI tool, to help users find more information, receive content recommendations and
While YouTube embraces the features of AI, they are also fractures on AI Slop. The platform recently updated its policies to dispel the ability of the creators to produce revenue from the “non -authentic” content, including massive videos produced and other types of repeated content.
