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Title: Google's NotebookLM AI Can Now 'Discover Sources' For You

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/03/2372...

Google's NotebookLM has added a new "Discover sources" feature that allows
users to describe a topic and have the AI find and curate relevant sources
from the web -- eliminating the need to upload documents manually. "When you
tap the Discover button in NotebookLM, you can describe the topic you're
interested in, and NotebookLM will bring back a curated collection of
relevant sources from the web," says Google software engineer Adam Bignell.
Click to add those sources to your notebook; "it's a fast and easy way to
quickly grasp a new concept or gather essential reading on a topic." PCMag
reports: You can still add your files. NotebookLM can ingest PDFs, websites,
YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, or Google Slides and summarize,
transcribe, narrate, or convert into FAQs and study guides. "Discover
sources" helps incorporate information you may not have saved. [...] The
imported sources stay within the notebook you created. You can read the
entire original document, ask questions about it via chat, or apply other
NotebookLM features to it. Google started rolling out both features on
Wednesday. It should be available for all users in about "a week or so." For
those concerned about privacy, Google says, "NotebookLM does not use your
personal data, including your source uploads, queries, and the responses from
the model for training." There's also an "I'm Feeling Curious" button (a
reference to its iconic "I'm feeling lucky" search button) that generates
sources on a random topic you might find interesting.

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