Google launches AI note-taking application NotebookLM, which can complete summaries and create ideas around users uploading documents

CTOnews.com, July 13 (Xinhua)-- at Google's I / O 2023 conference in May this year, Google launched its first "AI note-taking application", which was called "Project Tailwind" at that time. A few days ago, the experimental note-taking app has been renamed Notebook LM and opened for small-scale testing.

▲ source Google, the following is the same as "Notebook LM" in the "LM", that is, the abbreviation of "language model" (Language Model). Google officially introduced it as follows:

NotebookLM is an experimental product designed to leverage the power and potential of language models to combine your existing content to gain important insights more quickly. You can think of it as a virtual research assistant who can summarize facts, explain complex ideas, brainstorm, and make new associations based on the sources of your choice.

A key difference between NotebookLM and traditional artificial intelligence chatbots is that NotebookLM allows you to "implant" language models into your notes and materials, effectively creating a personalized AI that knows everything about you around the Source-grounding. Starting today, you can create NotebookLM in specific Google Docs of your choice, and we will add other formats soon.

CTOnews.com Note: Source-grounding means that AI scans the documents selected by the user and gives priority to training the information contained in the training set.

Google officials say NotebookLM can perform the following functions:

Add a summary to the file uploaded by the user, or answer the user's questions about the file. The usage scenario is as follows: ‎ medical students can upload a scientific article on neuroscience and tell NotebookLM to "create a glossary of key terms related to dopamine."

‎ biographers can upload research notes and ask to "summarize all the time of interaction between Houdini and Conan Doyle".

‎ produces "creative new ideas". The usage scenario is as follows: ‎‎ content creators can upload their own ideas for the new video and ask: "generate a script for a short video on this topic."

‎ financing entrepreneurs can upload investment plans and ask: "what questions will potential investors ask?"

‎ Google stressed that NotebookLM is still an "experimental product" and called on users to check the facts of their materials and what AI claims. However, NotebookLM will show the corresponding citations of the original file in the generated content, simplifying the fact-checking process.

At present, NotebookLM will be open to some US users. CTOnews.com is attached to the registration portal here.