Google announced that its Bard AI chatbot can now answer questions about YouTube videos. Although Bard already had the ability to analyze YouTube videos with the launch of the YouTube extension back in September, the chatbot can now give you specific answers to queries related to video content.
“We’re taking the first steps toward Bard being able to understand YouTube videos,” the company wrote on Bard’s website. Updates page. “For example, if you’re looking for videos on how to make olive oil cake, you can now also ask how many eggs a recipe calls for in the first video. We heard you want deeper engagement with YouTube videos. So, we’re expanding the YouTube extension To understand some of the contents of the video so you can have a richer conversation with Bard about it.
Before this latest update, the YouTube extension for Bard could only be used to find specific videos. For example, you can ask a chatbot to find funny videos for you. Now, you can ask the chatbot specific questions about the content of your videos. Let’s say you’re watching a travel video and see a place you really like, you can ask Bard where that place is.
The announcement comes two weeks after YouTube began piloting new generative AI features, including an AI conversation tool that answers questions about YouTube content, along with a new feature that summarizes topics in comments on a video.
Chat tool responses are generated by large language models that leverage information from YouTube and the web. Users can ask questions about the video they are currently watching, and the conversation with the AI takes place while the video is playing. The Comment Summarizer leverages generative AI to organize discussion topics in comment sections to give users an overview of what people are saying.
The update also comes as Google has opened up access to Bard to teens in most countries around the world. Teens can use the tool “to find inspiration, discover new hobbies, and solve everyday problems,” the search giant said in a blog post. Teens can ask Bard about important topics, like which college to apply to, or about more fun topics, like how to learn a new sport.