YouTube unveils conversational AI video editing tool

At its Made On YouTube event, YouTube showed a conversational editing tool that lets creators direct AI in natural language — picking the best takes, adding music, transitions and text, and removing pauses. It will arrive in YouTube Shorts and the YouTube Create app in early 2027.

• AI editor takes natural-language instructions in a chat
• Can pick takes, add music, transitions and text overlays
• Manual timeline editing remains available
• Launching in Shorts and YouTube Create in early 2027