In a new round of updates for NotebookLM, Google announced yesterday (September 26) that the model is now capable of summarizing YouTube videos and creating shareable AI-generated discussions. It really seems like there is no end to what AI is capable of, especially for creatives.
That’s why I couldn’t wait to see what Google’s Notebook LM, powered by the company’s multimodal large language model Gemini 1.5 Pro, would do when I shared my young adult science fiction book with it.
Earlier this year, I wrote a book for my Fortnite-loving son after he told me he couldn’t find anything good in the library. Of course he was being overly dramatic, but since I already had a book idea, I got to work. My kids and their classmates enjoyed the book, and it turned out to be a best-seller on Amazon (for a week-ish, but I’ll take it considering I only wrote it for my son).
I wasn’t planning on doing anything else with the book until I discovered Google NotebookLM. Utilizing Google Gemini AI, the model is designed for AI-powered note-taking and has AI research tools and audio capabilities. Google’s NotebookLM recently expanded source options and enhanced citation features for more accurate research.
