Google's NotebookLM now lets you to talk to its AI podcast hosts | TechCrunch
Dec 13, 2024 - techcrunch.com
Google's NotebookLM app has introduced an interactive feature for its Audio Overviews, allowing users to engage with AI virtual hosts. This feature aims to help users better understand the information in their uploaded documents by enabling them to ask questions and receive explanations from the AI hosts. The interactive mode is currently in beta and only works with new Audio Overviews. Google acknowledges that the AI hosts might occasionally respond inaccurately and may pause awkwardly before answering.
Additionally, NotebookLM is undergoing a redesign to organize its tools into three panels: Sources, Chat, and Studio. Google is also launching a premium version for enterprises, called "NotebookLM Plus," offering additional benefits. Since the Audio Overviews feature launched in September, users have generated over 350 years' worth of content.
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Google's NotebookLM app now allows users to interact with AI podcast hosts, enhancing the way users digest information from their documents.
The new interactive feature is experimental and only works with new Audio Overviews, with potential for awkward pauses and inaccurate responses.
NotebookLM is undergoing a redesign to organize tools into three panels: Sources, Chat, and Studio.
Google is introducing a premium version for enterprises called "NotebookLM Plus," offering additional benefits.
