Overview

• YouTube introduced YouTube Labs as a hub for users to test experimental AI features across its platform.
• The first prototype adds AI hosts to YouTube Music that offer relevant stories, fan trivia and commentary during radio and mixes.
• Participation is restricted to a limited number of U.S.-based YouTube Premium members who opt in via youtube.com/new.
• In Now Playing, an AI icon activates the feature called Beyond the Beat, which is on by default for testers with options to snooze for one hour or a day.
• YouTube cautions that AI commentary may contain mistakes and notes that features may be disabled without notice, with user feedback used to improve Google products in line with a broader industry shift that includes Spotify’s AI DJ.