YouTube is moving two more parts of its product into Google's AI stack: search and Shorts creation.

The company announced Ask YouTube, a conversational search experience that lets users ask more detailed questions and refine results with follow-ups. Instead of returning only a keyword-driven list, YouTube says the feature compiles relevant long-form videos and Shorts into an interactive, structured response. It is available now to YouTube Premium members aged 18 and older in the U.S. through YouTube's experimental offerings page, with a broader rollout planned.

The second change is the arrival of Gemini Omni in YouTube Shorts Remix and the YouTube Create app. YouTube says users can remix eligible Shorts by adding prompts and images, changing scenes or styles while preserving context from the original clip. Google separately describes Gemini Omni as a video model that can create and edit clips from combinations of text, image, video, and audio inputs.

YouTube is pairing the rollout with creator controls. Shorts remixed through Omni will include digital watermarks, identifying metadata, and links back to the original video. Creators can opt out of visual remixing in Shorts, and YouTube says its likeness detection tool is expanding to all creators aged 18 and older.

The practical shift is not just more AI video generation. YouTube is testing whether AI can become both the interface for finding videos and a default layer inside remix culture, while trying to preserve attribution and opt-out rights for original creators.