Subj : Google's NotebookLM is now an even smarter assistant and better f
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Date : Fri Jun 07 2024 03:15:05

Google's NotebookLM is now an even smarter assistant and better fact-checker

Date:
Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:00:17 +0000

Description:
NotebookLM will be powered by Gemini 1.5 Pro, which allows it to be more 
contextually aware. Plus, the AI now provides citations.

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Google is updating its NotebookLM writing assistant with improved performance 
and new features, among other things. It now runs on the companys Gemini 1.5 
Pro model, the same AI that powers the Gemini Advanced chatbot. 

 Thanks to this functionality , the assistant is more contextually aware, 
allowing you to ask questions about [the] images, charts, and diagrams in 
your source in order to gain a better understanding. 

Although Gemini 1.5 Pro is part of NotebookLM, it's unknown if this means the 
AI will accept longer text prompts or create more detailed answers. After 
all, Google's AI can handle context windows of up to a million tokens. We 
reached out to the tech giant to ask if people can expect to see support for 
bigger prompts. 

Prompts will mostly stay the same, although theyll now provide inline 
citations in the form of encircled numbers. Clicking on one of these 
citations takes you directly to supporting passages inside source documents. 
That way, you can double-check the material to see if NotebookLM got things 
right. 

 AI hallucinations continue to be a problem for the tech, so its important 
that people are able to fact-check outputs. When it comes to images, opening 
the citation causes the source picture to appear in a small window next to 
the text. (Image credit: Google) Upgraded sourcing 

Support for information sources is expanding to now include Google Slides and 
web URLs alongside PDFs, text files, and Google Docs. A new feature called 
Notebook Guide is being added, too. What this does is give you the 
opportunity to rearrange the data you enter into a specific format like a 
series of FAQs or a Study Guide.It could be quite handy. 

The Guide sees other changes being made, though theyre not included in the 
initial announcement. For instance, you can have up to 50 different sources 
per project, and each one can be up to 500,000 words long, according to 
TheVerge . Prior to this, users could only have five sources at once, so its 
a big step up. 

Raiza Martin, who is a senior product manager at Google Labs, also told the 
publication that NotebookLM is a closed system. This means the AI wont 
perform any web searches beyond what you, the user, give it in a prompt. 
Every response it generates pertains only to the information it has on hand. 

NotebookLMs latest update is live now and is rolling out to over 200 
countries and territories around the world. You can head over to the AIs 
official website to try out the new features. But, do keep in mind that 
NotebookLM is still considered to be experimental and you may run into some 
quirks. TheVerge, for instance, claimed the URL source function didnt work in 
their demo. However, in our experience, the tool worked just fine. 

Be sure to check out TechRadar's list of the best business laptops for 2024 , 
if you plan on using the assistant at work. You might also like Google Maps 
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Gemini AI button



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/googles-notebooklm
-is-now-an-even-smarter-assistant-and-better-fact-checker


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