"NotebookLM"

Google brings note-taking app with AI to Austria

Google has released its AI-supported research and writing assistant NotebookLM for users in around 200 countries outside the USA, including Austria. NotebookLM works in a similar way to ChatGPT from OpenAI or Co-Pilot from Microsoft, but only uses sources specified by the user for its training.

According to the tech company, NotebookLM works as a closed system, meaning it only analyzes the information contained in the uploaded sources and does not access the internet to evaluate additional data.

Users can upload various file formats as sources, including text files, PDF documents and Google Docs. New additions include presentations (Google Slides) and website addresses.

"Virtual research assistant"
Google introduced the online application a year ago at the I/O developer conference for users in the USA as a "virtual research assistant who can explain complex ideas and develop new contexts". Since then, the tool has been continuously expanded.

NotebookLM can now process up to 25 million words per notebook and allows users to create up to 100 notebooks. While the application was initially only available in English, 100 languages are now supported, including German.