Last summer, Google introduced NotebookLM, an AI-powered research and writing assistant. Recently, they rolled out an upgraded version of NotebookLM, which now uses Gemini 1.5 Pro — to over 200 countries and territories, including the Indian market. 

Google claimed that the new NotebookLM tool will assist users in quickly drafting, comprehending complex material, and building new connections. This new platform’s unique selling point is its ability to be trained on specific documents and data. Users can upload sources like research notes, interview transcripts, and corporate documents. The AI will then respond to customised inquiries using the data found in the documents, links, and media. 

The features 

Google noted the latest upgrade of NotebookLM introduces several new features, including: 

• NotebookLM now supports Google Slides and web URLs as sources, along with Google Docs, PDFs and text files. 
• Inline citations now direct you directly to supporting passages in your sources, so you can easily fact-check the AI response or delve deeper into the original text. 
• Notebook guides give you a high-level understanding of your sources by converting them into valuable formats like FAQs, Briefing Documents, or Study Guides. 

Gemini 1.5 Pro’s native multimodal capabilities allow you to ask questions about images, charts, and diagrams in your sources. NotebookLM will even include citations to images as supporting evidence when relevant. 

Google also noted the case studies, which exhibited various uses, from bestselling author Walter Isaacson analysing Marie Curie’s journals to local governance and nonprofit applications. 

To start using NotebookLM, one must create a notebook and add project documents. The sources uploaded are not used to train the model. Users in the United States have found NotebookLM a handy tool, and its international release is much awaited. 

Source: Google

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