YouTube Music Experiments with AI Voices Sharing Fun Trivia
YouTube Music tests AI hosts that share stories, fan trivia, and commentary on your listening sessions, following Spotify's AI DJ trend. The feature runs in YouTube Labs for user feedback.
YouTube Music is testing AI music hosts that share relevant stories, fan trivia, and commentary about what you’re listening to, the company announced on Friday. This development follows two years after Spotify introduced an AI DJ that offers a curated selection of music with AI-generated spoken commentary about the tracks and artists you enjoy.
YouTube Music’s new feature continues its experiments with conversational AI. In July, the service introduced an AI conversational radio feature. This allows users to create a custom radio station by describing what they want to hear. YouTube Music’s new AI hosts are currently being tested through YouTube Labs, the platform’s new hub for AI experiments. In a blog post, the company stated that YouTube Labs is a new effort focused on exploring AI’s potential on YouTube. YouTube Labs is like Google Labs, which lets users test early-stage AI products and give feedback.
YouTube Labs is available to all YouTube users, so they don't need a Premium membership to sign up. However, the company mentions that only a limited number of U.S.-based participants will get access to this experimental program. YouTube Labs has recently added AI features across YouTube.
Earlier this month, the company introduced a set of AI features for creators, including GenAI tools for creating Shorts. A few months ago, YouTube launched an AI-powered search results carousel similar to Google’s AI Overviews. It also expanded access to its conversational AI tool to help users find more information, get content recommendations, and receive video summaries.
While YouTube is adopting AI features, it is also taking action against poor-quality AI content. The platform recently revised its policies to limit creators' ability to make money from "inauthentic" content, such as mass-produced videos and other repetitive types of content.
