YouTube正在为YouTube Music添加新的AI驱动功能，旨在让听众更容易发现音乐、探索艺术家以及找到他们可能会错过的播客。

在今年举办的Made On YouTube活动中宣布的这些更新包括“Ask Music”，这是一个用于音乐和播客的对话工具，以及“Your Podcast Lineup”，这是一份个性化的音频指南，旨在帮助听众发现新的节目。

Ask Music直接集成在YouTube Music应用中，允许用户用日常语言描述他们想听的内容，而不是搜索特定的歌曲或艺术家。该功能覆盖YouTube Music超过3亿首歌曲的目录，包括官方录音、混音版、现场表演、翻唱版本以及DJ混音集。用户可以用它来构建自定义播放队列、探索艺术家的创作动机，或者深入挖掘音乐历史。

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YouTube解释说，用户无需手动搜索，只需像向朋友提问一样输入请求即可。例如，有人可以要求Ask Music根据启发某首特定歌曲的曲目创建一个混合歌单。用户还可以提出其他问题，比如谁在某首歌中演奏贝斯，或者关于其创作的更多细节。

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YouTube Music还推出了“Your Podcast Lineup”，这是一个用于播客发现的个性化AI生成音频指南。

该功能旨在解决一个常见的问题：播客的数量远超大多数人能收听的时间。即使是有固定喜爱节目列表的听众，也可能难以跟上新一期的更新，更不用说发现新的节目了。

“Your Podcast Lineup”将出现在YouTube Music应用中的播客页面。每周，它将提供推荐节目的简短语音预览，并解释这些节目为何可能吸引听众。随后，它可以直接进入推荐的剧集。

Spotify最近也推出了一项遵循类似方向的AI驱动功能。其个人播客功能利用AI根据用户的兴趣和提示生成播客剧集。

这些新功能是YouTube在整个服务中广泛使用AI的更宏大战略的一部分。去年，YouTube Music曾尝试引入由AI驱动的音乐主持人，提供与用户正在收听内容相关的故事、粉丝趣闻和评论。

这两项更新即将面向全球YouTube Music和YouTube Premium订阅用户推出。

YouTube is adding new AI-powered features to YouTube Music that aim to make it easier for listeners to discover music, explore artists, and find podcasts they may otherwise miss.

Announced at this year’s Made On YouTube event, the updates include “Ask Music,” a conversational tool for music and podcasts, and “Your Podcast Lineup,” a personalized audio guide designed to help listeners discover new shows.

Built directly into the YouTube Music app, Ask Music lets users describe what they want to hear in everyday language rather than searching for individual songs or artists. The feature works across YouTube Music’s catalog of more than 300 million songs, including official recordings, remixes, live performances, covers, and DJ sets. Users can use it to build custom listening queues, explore an artist’s motivations, or dig deeper into music history.

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YouTube explains that, instead of manually searching, the user simply types the request as if they were asking a friend. For instance, someone could ask Ask Music to create a mix based on the tracks that inspired a particular song. Users can also ask other questions, such as who played bass on a particular song or other details about its creation.

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YouTube Music is also introducing Your Podcast Lineup, a personalized AI-generated audio guide for podcast discovery.

The feature is designed for a familiar problem: There are more podcasts than most people have time to listen to. Even listeners who already have a list of favorite shows can struggle to keep up with new episodes, let alone find new ones.

Your Podcast Lineup will appear on the podcast page in the YouTube Music app. Each week, it will provide a short spoken preview of recommended shows and explain why they might appeal to the listener. It can then move directly into suggested episodes.

Spotify recently introduced an AI-powered feature that follows a similar direction. Its personal podcasts feature uses AI to generate podcast episodes based on their interests and prompts.

The new features are part of YouTube’s broader push to use AI throughout its services. Last year, YouTube Music experimented with AI-powered music hosts that provide stories, fan trivia, and commentary related to what users are listening to.

Both updates are coming soon to YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers worldwide.