YouTube users will be able to create short videos that look like their own AI

Your YouTube Shorts feed may soon be filled with tons of AI-generated content from your favorite creators, including AI-generated versions of the creators themselves. In his annual letter released today, YouTube CEO Neil Mohan said that sometime this year, creators will be able to create Shorts videos using “their own image.”

Mohan did not share more details about these similarities. “We’ll have more to share soon, including a launch date and how the feature will work,” said YouTube spokesperson Boot Bullwinkle. But these similarities are part of YouTube’s growing push toward AI tools; This year, creators will also be able to use AI to create games that include a text message (a feature that’s already available). In the closed beta version) and “the music experience,” Mohan says. YouTube already offers tools for content creators like an AI-powered chatbot For channel analytics, AI-powered automatic dubbingand AI-generated videos for Shorts videos.

YouTube had to do it too She is counted AI slides onto his platform, and Mohan’s post contains a brief section devoted entirely to discussing the topic. “Over the past 20 years, we’ve learned not to impose any preconceived notions on the creator ecosystem,” Mohan says, but “with that openness comes a responsibility to maintain the high-quality viewing experience people want.” He also says YouTube “actively relies on our well-established systems that have been very successful in combating spam and click fraud, and reducing the spread of repetitive, low-quality content.”

The shorts get other new features as well. Mohan says YouTube will integrate “various formats,” including photo posts, “directly into the feed” this year. It is reported that Shorts videos now average “200 billion views per day.”