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YouTube Music Introduces 2 AI Features for Music Search and Podcasts
YouTube announced 2 new artificial intelligence features for YouTube Music at its Made on YouTube event on Wednesday. The updated Ask Music will answer questions about music and artists asked in everyday language. Your Podcast Lineup will make it easier to discover new podcasts. Both features will soon become available to YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers worldwide.
Until now, Ask Music was used mainly to create personalized playlists suited to the listener’s mood and to find songs. Following the update, users will be able to describe what they want to hear in ordinary conversational language. The system will then create a personalized listening queue accordingly. The feature will work across a catalog of more than 300 million songs, including official recordings, remixes, live performances, covers and DJ sets. Users will not have to enter the name of a specific song or artist when searching. Users will be able to ask which works and albums inspired a particular song, as well as about the story behind its creation. Ask Music will help users identify the bass guitarist on a song and then find other works featuring that musician. The tool will also search for other songs created using a sample from a particular track. Users will also be able to find podcasts featuring a favorite artist and individual episodes of those podcasts. Your Podcast Lineup will appear on the podcast page of the YouTube Music app. The feature will prepare a personalized audio roundup for the user each week. Artificial intelligence will briefly introduce shows that match the user’s interests and explain why they may be interesting. After the roundup, users will be able to go directly to a recommended podcast episode. YouTube previously tested AI hosts within YouTube Music that shared stories, fan information and commentary about the songs being played. The new features extend this approach to music search and podcast recommendations. Spotify has also released a similar personalized podcast feature. That system uses artificial intelligence to create podcast episodes based on the user’s interests and prompts.
Until now, Ask Music was used mainly to create personalized playlists suited to the listener’s mood and to find songs. Following the update, users will be able to describe what they want to hear in ordinary conversational language. The system will then create a personalized listening queue accordingly. The feature will work across a catalog of more than 300 million songs, including official recordings, remixes, live performances, covers and DJ sets. Users will not have to enter the name of a specific song or artist when searching. Users will be able to ask which works and albums inspired a particular song, as well as about the story behind its creation. Ask Music will help users identify the bass guitarist on a song and then find other works featuring that musician. The tool will also search for other songs created using a sample from a particular track. Users will also be able to find podcasts featuring a favorite artist and individual episodes of those podcasts. Your Podcast Lineup will appear on the podcast page of the YouTube Music app. The feature will prepare a personalized audio roundup for the user each week. Artificial intelligence will briefly introduce shows that match the user’s interests and explain why they may be interesting. After the roundup, users will be able to go directly to a recommended podcast episode. YouTube previously tested AI hosts within YouTube Music that shared stories, fan information and commentary about the songs being played. The new features extend this approach to music search and podcast recommendations. Spotify has also released a similar personalized podcast feature. That system uses artificial intelligence to create podcast episodes based on the user’s interests and prompts.