youtube-ai-extension

YouTube AI Extension

The YouTube AI Extension is an innovative tool designed to enhance users' interaction with YouTube videos by allowing them to chat directly with the video content. This unique extension offers an engaging experience by facilitating communication between the user and the video content in real-time.

Features

This extension boasts a variety of features aimed at improving the user experience:

• Real-time Interaction: Users can seamlessly chat with YouTube videos as they watch, creating a dynamic and interactive viewing experience.
• Enhanced Understanding: It provides video summaries, allows users to ask questions, and offers detailed explanations based on the video content, thus enhancing comprehension and enjoyment.
• User-Friendly Interface: The interface is designed to be intuitive and is integrated directly into YouTube, making it easy for users to start chatting without needing to navigate away from the site.
• Multilingual Support: It supports multiple languages, enabling a diverse user base to interact with the videos. Additionally, the extension features context-aware responses, ensuring more accurate and relevant interactions.

Roadmap

Looking towards the future, the development team plans to expand the capabilities of the extension further with:

• Enhanced support for Ollama.
• Integration of RAG (Recurrent Attention Generative) models for better handling of longer videos.
• The addition of more user-friendly and functional features.

Installation

Installing the YouTube Chat Extension is straightforward, and users can have it running locally on their machines by following these steps:

1. Clone the Repository: Begin by cloning the project’s GitHub repository and navigate into the project directory:

   git clone https://github.com/PaoloJN/youtube-ai-extension.git
   cd youtube-chat-extension
   

2. Add the API Key: You need to replace YOUR_API_KEY in the files chat.ts and completion.ts with your actual OpenAI API key.

   const openai = new OpenAI({
     apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"
   })
   

3. Install Dependencies: Proceed by installing necessary dependencies and building the project:

   pnpm install
   pnpm run build
   

4. Load Extension into Chrome:

   • Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/.
   • Enable "Developer mode" by toggling the switch in the top right corner.
   • Click "Load unpacked" and select the build/chrome-mv3-dev directory from the project.

5. Start Chatting: Launch YouTube and begin your interactive experience!

Note: The extension is currently incompatible with the new YouTube layout. Users can revert to the classic layout using the uBlock Origin extension, ensuring the functionality of the YouTube Chat Extension.

Acknowledgments

The development of this project is supported by various resources and technologies including:

• OpenAI API
• React
• Tailwind CSS
• Plasmo Extension
• Chrome Extension Documentation

These technologies and tools have been instrumental in bringing the YouTube AI Extension to life, enabling it to offer a cutting-edge user experience.