It’s like ChatGPT or Google Bard but without the internet. Here’s what you need to know.
SparkNotes, CliffsNotes, WestLaw, and For Dummies have had their time, but when it comes to research in this day and age, people are beginning to turn to generative artificial intelligence for help, and the results can be unimpressive, to say the least. Google wants to turn that reputation around with a new app centered around a note-taking language model called NotebookLM. So, how does it work, and can you use it? We’ve got some answers for you to chew on. What’s NotebookLM, and how does it work?
NotebookLM, formerly known as Project Tailwind, was one of a few AI tools Google introduced at its I/O conference in 2023 (via XDA-Developers). Interested users could hop on a waitlist on a then-new Google Labs webpage for each feature, including Tailwind.
We’re talking about a ChatGPT-like or even Google’s generative search engine but without the Internet. The company describes NotebookLM as an app centered on a language model that can work with your Google Drive account documents to summarize major concepts and key details. It generates automatic summaries and query responses working only with the documents you give it — items like text files and PDFs — and not the web.
