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Google's research study tool NotebookLM made waves just recently for a brand-new function that lets users produce what sounds a lot like podcasts. While the business has actually been including brand-new functions, it's likewise seeing more and more usage cases in the business arena.
NotebookLM lets users submit PDFs, sites, Google Docs, Google Slides and paste text into a note pad keeping info in one location. Individuals can likewise ask Gemini concerns about the files inside the note pad. Introduced in July 2023 and normally offered in the U.S. considering that Dec. 2023, NotebookLM has actually gradually broadened the kinds of files it can check out.
One usage case that has actually seen an uptick is through business groups sharing research study and info on NotebookLM.
Raiza Martin, item supervisor at Google managing NotebookLM, informed VentureBeat that they're seeing business groups benefit from the item's organizational abilities that let individuals discover the info they require in one location.
“We saw trainees utilizing it to accelerate their knowing and understanding and analysis, however we likewise understand that the very same thing trainees are doing is the specific very same things that experts are attempting to do,” Martin stated, including that over months, Google has actually seen “an equivalent, if not bigger quantity of specialists utilizing NotebookLM.”
Make a podcast to describe your research study
Given that releasing NotebookLM, Google has actually gradually included brand-new abilities to the platform. The latest upgrade permits users to produce audio discussing info in the note pad, with 2 speakers going over the subject.
“The discussion design is the very first one that we selected due to the fact that we believed it was unique, and in our early test, it was really interesting. The double speaker vibrant assisted individuals sort of lock on to the material in a completely various method than a single speaker,” Martin stated.
Google observed users and groups have actually utilized NotebookLM to unite research study and analysis, even some other details staff members might require to understand. One method business can utilize NotebookLM is as a faster way to save information that eventually makes its method to retrieval enhanced generative (RAG) search inquiries. Martin stated NotebookLM itself is a RAG tool that gains from Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro.
I got to utilize the audio generation function early and had the ability to point it to among my note pads. I had actually provided NotebookLM a number of files about international AI guidelines, such as the text of the European Union's AI Act. The audio it created summed up the act, however because the other file in the exact same note pad was an analytical article, the conversation took sides. To me, it sounded a lot like the tech-related podcasts I frequently listen to, without the individual small talk in between hosts.
Some users have actually started publishing how they've utilized the audio function,
