Google has been aggressive with its AI launches this year and has kept OpenAI and others in the AI field on their toes with the latest Gemini model announcements. However, Google's AI strategy is not ...

NotebookLM is very useful for academic, technical, and general research. It doesn’t replace manual reading and fact-finding, but it helps summarize information, answer questions, and reduce the time ...

NotebookLM has seen plenty of changes since Google's first wide release of the AI app back in 2023. Since then, the app has taken on less of a note-taking appearance and become a bit more of a ...

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NotebookLM, Google's AI assistant that can compile papers and books and use them for research and writing, has added several new features, including the ability to talk to the AI and get an overview.

NotebookLM has plenty of obvious strengths, like summarizing sources, connecting ideas, highlighting key points, pulling insights, and more. Most of this lies in its surface-level usage when uploading ...

NotebookLM is filled with many helpful features, but here are some of the best for students returning to school this year. Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on ...

Between juggling work and personal endeavors, there were times when my brain felt overloaded in 2025. On the work front, many of my research sources, documents, and meeting notes held valuable ...

NotebookLM now offers slide deck and infographic features. They're available to all subscribers. It remains to be seen whether they will help or hinder learning. As a reporter covering AI, I've had to ...

Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM now lets users customize the tone of their Audio Overviews, which are podcasts with AI virtual hosts that summarize and discuss documents ...