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Which AI tools help make YouTube videos, from script to upload?

Use one chat assistant for the script and YouTube's own free tools for most of the rest. Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini will turn a topic into an outline and a script with a hook in the opening seconds. For B-roll, YouTube Shorts has Google's Veo built in free for backgrounds and clips with sound, and Google Flow gives 50 free credits a day for longer shots. Edit a talking video in Descript by editing its transcript (free to start, Hobbyist $16 a month billed yearly), and cut Shorts from a long video with OpusClip (free with a watermark, Starter $15 a month). In YouTube Studio, Ask Studio and the Inspiration tab suggest what to make next, A/B testing compares titles, and automatic dubbing adds translated audio tracks for eligible channels. Mark realistic AI footage with the AI use setting, and avoid channels that post mass-produced AI videos, which YouTube does not monetise. Rule: AI drafts and repurposes, you stay the voice of the channel.

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