NotebookLM Goes Global with Enhanced Features

I’ve been using Google’s NotebookLM, their AI-powered research and writing assistant which now is expanding to over 200 countries and territories since it first came out. Now with the global rollout Google is including access to the upgraded Gemini 1.5 Pro, which means it will now offer several new capabilities that are all designed to enhance research and writing tasks.

For me, the biggest addition is seeing Google Slides integration as so much of my work is creating and making presentations.

The reason I’ve been a fan of Notebook LLM is that, like ChatGPT’s new ability to access and read your Google Drive files, Notebook takes that content as the basis of its reasoning, content generation, and conversations with you. With almost 20 years of my own content in Google Drive, this makes it easier for work that’s mine to be repurposed and relied upon. In a way, it’s like having my own neural network.

Some of the new Features of NotebookLM include

  • Google Slides Integration: Easily integrate research and data into Google Slides, making your presentations more dynamic.

  • Web URLs as Sources: Incorporate information from web pages, ensuring your content is current.

  • Inline Citations: Add inline citations to maintain the integrity of your work.

  • Notebook Guide: Navigate through your research effortlessly with the notebook guide.

  • Image-Based Queries: Ask questions about images and receive accurate citations.

This is great for everyone, especially authors, educators, and researchers, as it aids in analyzing academic journals, summarizing interview transcripts, creating newsletters, and identifying community needs for grant proposals. NotebookLM is a versatile tool that helps summarize information from diverse sources, assists in fact-checking, and integrates smoothly into various workflows. By relying on your own previous knowledge inside Google Drive it also enables something that’s most important in business communications: consistency.

Whether you are writing a book, crafting a newsletter, or conducting community research, NotebookLM offers features that make these tasks more manageable and efficient.

For more details, check out the official announcement here: Google Bl