The tech giant has also expanded the product's limitations, allowing notebooks to include up to 20 sources and sources to include up to 200,000 words. The app, initially available to a select few, was first demoed as Project Tailwind before being renamed to NotebookLM. Google suggests the app could be used by students to organize lecture notes and other documents. However, concerns remain about the app's longevity given Google's history of discontinuing experimental projects.
Key takeaways:
- Google's AI note-taking app, NotebookLM, is now available to all users in the United States who are at least 18 years old. The app uses Google’s new large language model, Gemini Pro, to generate summaries and suggest follow-up questions about uploaded documents.
- New features have been added to NotebookLM, including tools to help users organize notes into structured writing projects and suggest actions based on the user's current activity.
- Google has added a new noteboard space to NotebookLM for pinning quotes and notes, and made other tweaks such as creating independent notes, adding PDF support and copied text support, and expanding the product’s limitations to include up to 20 sources and 200,000 words per source.
- NotebookLM was initially made available to a select few five months ago and was first demoed as Project Tailwind during Google I/O earlier this year. Despite its promise, there are concerns that it may end up in the Google Graveyard like many of Google's other experimental projects.