SMRTR AISep 28, 2025Daily.dev

YouTube’s new AI experiment adds AI hosts to your music

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YouTube is testing AI hosts in its YouTube Music app that provide commentary, trivia, and stories about songs during radio stations and mixes to enhance the listening experience. The feature is available through YouTube's new Labs program, which offers AI-focused experiments to a limited number of US participants. This builds on Google's success with AI hosts in NotebookLM and reflects the company's broader push into AI-powered features across its platforms.

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