Awesome YouTube AI Tool (Summarize Videos in Seconds + Bonus Tip)
I recently came across a great AI tool for YouTube videos.
It is a fast way to summarize any YouTube video, and this can be great both when doing research but also to get more content ideas and as a way to repurpose your videos for other platforms.
In this short video, I will show how it works and share how I am using it.
Let me know in the comments what you think and if this is a tool you want to use? Or have you come across other similar tools that are better?
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Good morning Mikael,
Thank you for another very helpful post, Mikael, it's appreciated.
It's amazing what tools are out there to help us. I'm kind of surprised that ChatGPT cannot do the same thing without the add-on.
I've just read Boris's comments below and I don't have this feature on my videos either, Mikael. I'm based in the UK.
Have a great day.
Roy
Maybe ChatGPT will soon be able to do it without the add-on.
And thanks for sharing about Boris' comment. Good to know. I will definitely keep an eye on that as it would be very handy if I had that option.
I wouldn't be surprised, Mikael, as AI moves forward, but who knows!
It's an interesting thread, let's hope that YouTube releases this feature to the rest of the world.
Have a good day.
Roy
Hey Mikael,
Great video—thanks for sharing!
This YouTube video summarization feature is actually already built into YouTube itself. If you’re on the video page, you’ll see an AI Summary icon (check the screenshot). Just click on it, and it will take you to ChatGPT to summarize the video.
However, this feature currently works only on Google Chrome.
I actually got the idea about this YouTube feature while watching another video there! 😊
All the best,
Boris
Thanks for sharing. But I do not have that option. It is then likely because it is not available in all countries. Or because some videos are not set to allow it yet. Is this option available for all videos for you?
Yes, it’s available in all videos in Google Chrome - it is built in YouTube feature. I’m based in Prague, Czech Republic.
You need to give it some time to appear as it needs to summarize a video first.
That's interesting, Boris!
I'm based in the UK and I also don't have this feature, but I do use Google Chrome. I'm assuming that we don't need to add a Google Chrome extension for this feature to function?
Have a great day.
Roy
Very strange. It does not show for me even though I am also in Europe. But will definitely keep an eye on it as that would be very handy. You did not install anything in your Chrome browser to get it to show?
Strange indeed.
No, I didn’t install anything.
I’ll look into it and keep you updated.
Cheers,
Boris
It’s built-in feature, Roy.
No plugin or extension needed.
I’ll look into it today - stay tuned.
Cheers,
Boris
Mikael, here’s link to YouTube blog’s article about this feature: https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/2024-in-youtube-ai/#:~:text=AI Video Summaries&text=For select videos, AI-generated,you find the perfect content.
Roy, here’s link to YouTube blog’s article about this feature: https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/2024-in-youtube-ai/#:~:text=AI Video Summaries&text=For select videos, AI-generated,you find the perfect content.
Thank you, Boris, it's an interesting thread!
I don't know how long you have had availability to the feature.
Thank you for looking into it.
Have a great day.
Roy
Thank you, Boris.
I appreciate you sending the link over, I will have a look, it sounds interesting.
Have a great day.
Roy
Just read the whole post: It seems some features are only available for select videos and some only for Premium users.
Anyway, I have actually been invited to an invite-only online event for select creators in 2 weeks with YouTube where they will talk about the newest developments so will likely get to hear more about their AI roll-outs there.
Yes, I’ve just realized that this feature is available for Premium users only atm - it’s available on all YouTube videos in this case.
That's interesting to know, Mikael.
That's wonderful that you have been invited to a YouTube event for select creators, maybe you could create a video about your experience with the event. Although I appreciate that may be private.
A very happy Friday to you, Mikael.
Roy
I like it. I also grab the transcript, copy and paste into Gemini or Chat and ask for a summary or meta description or whatever. Great to have tools!
Great to hear. What tool are you using to grab the transcripts of videos that are not your own?
there is one called video to blog that you put a link in and it writes a blog post that I have used and like
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Thanks for sharing Michael.
However, it didn't work for me yet.
I tried 5-6 different channels and 7-8 different videos and it always responded saying,
"I couldn't retrieve the transcript for this video either. This might be due to YouTube restrictions, missing captions, or a technical limitation.
If you're looking for specific insights from the video, you can:
- Check if the video has captions on YouTube and share key points with me.
- Describe what the video covers, and I can summarize or analyze it for you.
- Try another video, preferably an older or well-known one, as they often have transcripts."
Any tips that could make it work?
Strange, you could not get it to work at all. I have that happen sometimes as well, but then when trying with the same video right after, it worked. And other times it also just did not work even after a few times. Will keep looking for a solution for the time it fails - will keep you updated if I find any.
Did you try different GPT extensions for it also?
I tried only with YouTube Video Summarizer and ChatGPT so far but no success yet.