NotebookLM, Google's AI-powered teaching tool is getting some upgrades. When we say teaching tool, that sounds rather dry, but in reality, NotebookLM is a mindblowing platform that generates an Audio Overview of two AI voices explaining source material in a podcast deep dive format.

Google Illuminate is an AI experiment that lets you create an instant, one-click podcast from a science topic of your choice.

Google initially launched NotebookLM, the Gemini -powered research and note-taking app, back in July 2023. Although it was released as an “Experimental” feature, that’s not the case anymore. The company is ready to make the app official and introduce new features in the process.

Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize its podcast-like Audio Overviews. Before you generate a discussion using the note-taking app, you can give your AI hosts instructions about what topic you’d like them to focus on,

Now, Google has announced a customization option for Audio Overview, one of NotebookLM’s best features. Since its inception, NotebookLM has carried the label of “experimental” service. However, after a long time of development and refinement,

Google's AI notetaking tool now offers users more control over audio overviews and includes a new background listening option.

The NotebookLM tool generates AI-hosted audio podcasts on any topic. Its latest update allows users to enter prompts to personalize the output. I tried it out.

NotebookLM also now has a logo in the shape of a lower-case ‘n.’ Audio Overviews now play in the background as you continue to use NotebookLM to query sources, get citations, etc. Meanwhile, you can now guide and provide instructions on how Audio Overviews are generated with a new “Customize” button.

We've been following the development of Google's Gemini-powered NotebookLM pretty closely. The tool, which is essentially a study/research companion, makes it easy to digest heaps