YouTube turned 20 years old this year, because time is a nightmare with only oblivion as an escape. But that means a lot of the older stuff that was uploaded to YouTube is in pretty bad shape, compared to the HD and 4K video that’s now become the norm. Google has a plan to make it all look better with… take a guess. Yup, you got it. It’s “AI.”

“We’re also introducing a new AI-powered feature that automatically generates higher resolutions for videos,” says the YouTube blog . Initially, the program will only work on various TV platforms—smart TVs, set-top boxes like Roku or the Nvidia Shield, etc.—and only take lower-quality videos up to 1080p. But YouTube says the goal is to upscale videos from old-school standard definition all the way up to 4K. The upscaled videos will get a “super re

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