Google is developing artificial intelligence (AI)-created video overviews for YouTube, according to reports. In an update to its help page, tech giant Google announced that it has been testing an AI-powered overview feature on YouTube. This new feature will pull clips from existing videos that are considered relevant to a user’s search query.
Similar to how Google Search now displays a text-based AI Overview which aggregates content from different web pages YouTube’s AI Overviews will present users with short video clips in a carousel format. The company mentioned that, initially, this feature will only be available for a limited number of topics.
YouTube’s AI Overviews Feature
The upcoming AI Overviews on YouTube will use artificial intelligence to identify and highlight relevant video clips that match a user’s search intent. Rather than summarizing entire videos, the system will extract snippets that could be most useful and informative based on the search query.
Google explained that this feature aims to offer users a new way to search and navigate content, helping them find specific subjects and additional information quickly and efficiently.
For example, when users search for queries like “best latest headphones” or “the artwork place to visit in Mumbai,” YouTube’s AI Overview feature will display a video carousel at the top of the search results page. This carousel will showcase snippets from multiple videos, offering users the most helpful clips relevant to their search.
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While Google Search already offers a feature that shows time-stamped YouTube videos directly in search results beginning exactly at the moment when the relevant information is shared the new AI Overview on YouTube will instead display these clips in a carousel format for easier browsing.
Currently, YouTube is rolling out this AI Overview feature to a limited number of YouTube Premium users in the United States, specifically for certain English-language search terms. At launch, the feature will only support queries made in English.