YouTube Shorts section in YouTube app. | Image by PhoneArena
YouTube has received plenty of interesting upgrades recently. For instance, it was recently announced that two of the main premium plan features will now also be available to YouTube Premium Lite. In other news, an AI-based customized playlist feature was reportedly rolled out to YouTube Music. Google is now testing new upgrades for its video streaming platform that will introduce two new capabilities to Shorts Remix.
More AI is coming
Remix is one of the main features of YouTube Shorts, which allows you to create a YouTube video based on someone else's idea. For instance, if you like an audio track used in a YouTube Short, you can use the Remix option to use the same audio in your video. Similarly, you get three more options when hitting the Remix button—Collab, Green Screen, and Cut—with each having its own respective use case.
Google has now announced that it is testing two new AI-powered features for Remix: Add an Object and Reimagine. The Add an Object feature will allow you to use custom prompts to generate and insert items into a scene from someone else's short video (it should be at least 8 seconds long).
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The Reimagine feature gives you the power to reimagine someone else's short. Basically, it allows you to pick a particular frame from the original video and create an entirely new video based on it by giving custom prompts to the AI. You also have the option to insert up to two reference photos to ensure the result is almost identical to what the prompt describes.
Both options will also suggest different prompts that you can use in case you don't even want to do the manual work of writing a prompt. The update is currently being tested with only a small group of creators. You can check if it's available for you by opening YouTube Shorts and tapping the Remix button.
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Who even asked for this feature, YouTube?
Remix feature of YouTube Shorts. | Image by Redditor lifeintel9
With recent updates, YouTube has made it obvious that most of its upcoming features will incorporate AI. The platform recently received a new "Extend with AI" feature that uses AI to add an 8-second clip at the end of short videos. Now, more AI features like Reimagine and Add an Object are being tested.
I really can't understand why Google is trying its best to push people to stop using their creative minds. The Add an Object feature is relatively acceptable, but the Reimagine feature is going to stop creators from using their creative minds to remix a video. They simply would have to give a prompt, and AI would do all the hard work that otherwise would have been done by them, requiring them to use their creative minds.
YouTube says that, similar to any Remix feature, shorts created using these two new AI-powered upgrades will also link to the original video. In case you don't want your video to be used for these tools by other creators, you can opt out. However, there's a big catch that you need to be aware of.
If you opt out your shorts from being used by these new AI tools, then your shorts also become ineligible for other normal Remix videos as well. This could eventually affect the reach of your video, as fewer people will now be able to create Remix using it.
YouTube has always been a platform for creative minds. But the introduction of more and more AI features is moving it away from its core principles. Not only I, but many other users who have gained access to the new AI features seem unhappy with them. I honestly believe that if this feature becomes publicly available, we would soon have more AI-generated videos on YouTube Shorts than videos created by real humans. And that would definitely not be a great sight.
Aman Kumar is a tech news writer with a long-standing passion for smartphones. Aman specializes in everything smartphones, from AI features like Pixel’s Camera Coach to understanding ideal hardware combinations. He loves breaking down complex features in a simple, clear way and hopes manufacturers bring back bold designs like the Nokia N-Gage. When he’s not writing, he’s either gaming on PUBG or talking fitness as a dedicated gym enthusiast.
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