Hello everyone! Today, I'd like to talk about a very popular AI tool recently called Notebooklm. You might think that there are already many useful AI assistants, such as ChatGPT, but Notebooklm has its unique advantages.

Advantages of Notebooklm

  • Massive Data Processing: Notebooklm can analyze and process massive data of up to 25 million words. This is very practical for people who need to read a large number of papers and research reports.

  • Multi-Source Integration: It can handle multiple types of data sources at the same time, including documents, web pages, and audio-visual materials, making it easy for users to integrate information from different channels.

  • Precise Answering: Notebooklm mainly answers questions based on the information provided by the user and summarizes viewpoints, avoiding the problem of “hallucinations” or fabrication of facts that other AI assistants are prone to.

How to Use Notebooklm

  1. Create a notebook: First, create a notebook on the Notebooklm homepage.

  2. Upload data:

    • Documents: You can upload PDF documents, with a maximum file size of 200MB or 500,000 words, and a maximum of 50 files can be uploaded per notebook.

    • Cloud Files: You can select documents or presentations from Google Drive.

    • Web pages: You can copy and paste web links.

    • YouTube Videos: You can copy and paste YouTube video links. Note that videos published within 72 hours may not be imported.

  3. View Data: All uploaded data will be listed in the left-hand source panel. Click to open them individually.

    • Full text and summary: The full text of the file is below, and the AI-generated key summary is above.

    • Integrated Summary: You can click "Introduction" to generate an integrated summary of all the data.

  4. Ask Questions: You can ask Notebooklm questions, and it will mark the cited sources in the answers, making it convenient for users to verify and understand the context. If there is no relevant content in the data, Notebooklm will honestly inform you.

  5. Save conversations:

    • Save notes: You can save important dialogue content as notes for future reference.

    • Add notes manually: You can also manually add reading notes and research findings on the right.

    • Convert notes to sources: You can convert notes into sources so that the AI can also refer to this information when answering questions.

  6. Other Features:

    • Frequently Asked Questions: You can click on "Frequently Asked Questions" to view frequently asked questions generated by Notebooklm based on the data.

    • Study Guide: You can click on "Study Guide" to generate test questions, which is convenient for teachers to design classroom exercises or for students to test themselves.

    • Timeline: You can view a timeline of important technologies or development processes in the data sources.

Advanced Applications of Notebooklm

  • Create Podcasts: You can generate an English podcast program with two AI hosts based on the uploaded data.

    • Participate in Podcasts: You can participate in podcast programs and ask questions using a microphone.

    • Share and Download: You can share or download generated podcast programs.

    • Edit Audio: You can use the Descript website to edit audio and cut audio by editing text.

    • Generate Chinese transcripts: You can use the Google AI Studio website to generate Chinese transcripts.

  • Life Applications:

    • Home appliance manuals: Upload home appliance manuals to easily find answers to questions related to operation and maintenance.

    • Travel planning: Upload travel guides and videos to have AI plan an itinerary.

    • Podcast learning: You can use the Podcastle plugin to download podcast programs, upload them to Notebooklm to generate summaries.

    • Voice note organization: You can upload voice notes, and have AI convert them into text and organize your thoughts.

Summary

Notebooklm can be used not only for academic research and professional fields, but also for processing various information in life. Its powerful data processing capabilities and various practical functions can help us learn and work more efficiently.

Tips:

  • After closing the browser, Notebooklm does not save the dialogue history, so it is necessary to save important content in time.

  • Notebooklm does not refer to manually added notes and needs to be converted into sources.

  • Currently, the podcast function only supports English generation, but Chinese transcripts can be generated.

I hope this article is helpful to you!

Please note that the above content is all based on the information from the video you provided. If you need further information about other functions of Notebooklm, please feel free to let me know.