Google declared a significant update of the AI-based research and writing tool, NotebookLM. This new edition aims at using Google AI’s Gemini 1. 5 Professional technologies originating from this Pro technology platform are now available in over 200 countries and territories.
What is NotebookLM
NotebookLM, which has been developed by Google Labs, aims to help users manage and find information as well as gain new knowledge from it. It is a tool that seeks to make the process of research and writing as efficient and as easy as can be facilitated by advanced artificial intelligence.
For this update, NotebookLM has been developed to accept Google Slides and web URLs as sources alongside Google Docs, PDFs, and plain text. Inline citations should be noted that after it, the user will be taken to the passage that supports the statement in the source. It also makes it simple to control the accuracy of the AI response or research more about the initial reaction.
In addition, the Notebook Guide presents an overview of sources by transforming them into more applicable forms, such as FAQs, Brief Docs, or Study Guides. With Pro’s native multimodal capabilities, users can now ask questions related to pictures, graphs, and other graphical representations in Slides or Docs. NotebookLM will also provide sources for the images used as evidence wherever necessary.
Gemini 1.5 Pro, NotebookLM gives users the ability to find meaning in documents and make connections between them in an area as wide-ranging as imaginable, was the observation of Steven Johnson, the editorial director, of Google Labs.
Update NotebookLM’s features with Gemini 1.5 Pro
NotebookLM’s improvements are targeted flexibly toward the organization’s ability to process knowledge-intensive information. undefined
- Expanded Source Compatibility: Added features of NotebookLM include the capability to work with several sources such as Google Slides, and URLs in addition to Docs, PDFs, and text papers.
- Enhanced Fact-Checking: Students can now cite online sources along with the references wherein the actual text from the uploaded sources can easily substantiate the AI-based answers.
- Streamlined Information Access: The New Notebook Guide converts the uploaded materials into a format that is easy for the user, for instance, FAQs, briefing documents, or study guides.
- Multimodal Understanding: Having worked on Gemini 1. 5 Pro’s Note: NotebookLM is capable of referencing and answering questions on images, charts, and diagrams that are utilized in Google Slides and Docs and inserting image citations automatically.