Google Bard can now watch YouTube videos for you (sort of)
Bard now has a deeper understanding of YouTube clips, enabling the AI to pull out details for you
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Googlehas bolstered the powers ofBard AIregarding YouTube videos, with the AI now capable of tapping into a better level of understanding such content.
Googlepostedabout the latest update for Bard and how these are the ‘first steps’ in allowing the AI to understandYouTube videos, and pull out relevant info from a clip as requested.
The example given is that you’re hunting out aYouTubeexplainer on how to bake a certain cake, and you can ask Bard how many eggs are required for the recipe in the video that pops up.
Bard is capable of taking in the whole video and summarizing it, or you can ask the AI specific questions as mentioned, with the new feature enabling the user to have ‘richer conversations’ with Bard on any given clip.
Another recent update for Bard improved its maths powers, specifically for equations and helping you solve tricky ones – complete with straightforward step-by-step explanations (just in English to begin with). Those equations can be typed in or supplied to Bard via an uploaded image.
Analysis: YouTube viewing companion
These are some useful new abilities, particularly the addition for YouTube, which builds on Google’s existing extensions for Bard that hook up to the company’s services including the video platform.
It’s going to be pretty handy to have Bard instantly pull up relevant details such as the mentioned quantities for recipes. Or indeed specifics you can’t recall when having just watched a video, to save you having to rewind back through to try and find those details.
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The maths and equation-related skills are going to be a boon, too. The broad idea here is not just to show a solution, butteachhow that solution was arrived at, thus equipping you to deal with other similar problems down the line.
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