April 3 News.GoogleThe artificial intelligence note-taking app of NotebookLM An exciting new feature, Discover sources, has been launched that promises to greatly improve the efficiency of data collection for students and researchers.
In the past, when using NotebookLM, users have had to manually add information such as PDF files, Google Docs or slides, links to websites, links to YouTube videos, or pasted text in order to use the app's features such as Audio Overviews and Mind Maps. However, that has changed.
1AI notes that Google announced the new feature via its official blog The Keyword. Powered by Gemini technology, NotebookLM automatically searches the web for profiles for users, saving them the time and effort of manually searching for profiles. Users simply open a new or existing notebook and in the profile panel, they will now see a "Discover profiles" button in addition to the traditional "Add profile" button.
When you click on the button, a text box will appear with the "What are you interested in?" The user simply describes what they are looking for in the text box, as specific as possible, and then clicks the Submit button. The user simply describes what they are looking for in the text box, as specific as possible, and then clicks the submit button.NotebookLM will search hundreds of potential web resources in seconds, analyze them, and filter them to the most relevant materials based on the user's topic. Eventually, it will compile a list of up to 10 recommended materials with a summary explaining their relevance. Users can check off the profiles they want to import into the notebook and click the Import button.
In addition, users can use the material as usual in NotebookLM, whether it's to generate audio overviews, mind maps, FAQs, Q&As, quick summaries, ask questions, etc. For those who want to learn something new at random, NotebookLM also offers an "I'm feeling curious" button that generates a random topic. For those who want to learn something new at random, NotebookLM also offers an "I'm feeling curious" button, which generates information on a random topic.
Google mentioned in its blog post that this is just the first in a series of features for NotebookLM to collect relevant information using Gemini. This new feature is rolling out to all NotebookLM users starting immediately and is expected to be fully live within a week.
While there may be some concern that NotebookLM may "hallucinate" information (i.e., generate inaccurate or false information), at this point in time, this has not been a problem. Regardless, the introduction of this new feature is certainly a big step forward for NotebookLM in terms of user experience and functionality, and one that we can look forward to in the future.
