According to the announcement on the YouTube community forum, the new feature will use artificial intelligence (AI) to select and highlight the most useful clips in videos, based on users' search content.
AI Overview on YouTube mainly appears when users search for products (eg "Best Anti-Lust Headset") or information about tourist destinations (eg "musical should visit").
Similar to Google Search, the AI's creation of content summarization is raising concerns about the negative impact on views and revenue of content creators.
YouTube's use of AI to select outstanding clips can make viewers only see the summary instead of the entire video. This directly affects views and viewing duration - two core factors that determine the advertising revenue of content creators on YouTube.
Premium users can rate AI clips by clicking " like" or " dislike". Google has not yet revealed how long the testing period will last, nor is it planning to expand this feature beyond Premium users.
Expanding AI Overview to YouTube shows Google's growing ambition to integrate AI into its product ecosystem. However, the problem of balancing user experience and content creators' rights is still a challenge that is not easy to solve.
