• YouTube has introduced a new Labs initiative that grants early access to experimental features. • The first YouTube Labs experiment is a set of “AI music hosts” for YouTube Music. • YouTube says Labs is open to a “limited number of US-based participants.”

YouTube’s got a new way for you to try experimental functionality early. In keeping with Google’s programs like Search Labs, the streaming platform has announced an initiative it’s calling YouTube Labs, an opt-in program that’ll let you play around with new functionality before it’s generally available. You can sign up for Labs now — and its first experiment is already underway.

In a short blog post, YouTube laid out the new program. YouTube Labs is “dedicated to exploring the potential of AI on YouTube,” and is accepting a “limit

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