Google has integrated its Nano Banana image generation model into several products, including AI Mode search, Google Lens, and NotebookLM. The model, officially called Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, allows users to create and edit images through text prompts. In Google’s AI Mode search interface, users can now access image generation through a new plus icon …
Google has made its NotebookLM Audio Overviews feature available in more than 50 languages, expanding accessibility globally. Michael Chen and Arielle Fox from Google Labs announced the update in an official post. The feature transforms source materials into podcast-like conversations and now supports languages ranging from Afrikaans to Hindi to Turkish. Users can select their …
Google has added a new “Discover sources” feature to NotebookLM that searches the web for relevant content. As reported by Abner Li, this update allows users to find information without manually adding files and links. After clicking the new button in the Sources pane and entering a topic of interest, NotebookLM delivers up to 10 …
Google has made NotebookLM Plus, its AI-powered note-taking and research assistant, available to individual users through the Google One AI Premium plan. As reported by Jagmeet Singh for TechCrunch, the service offers enhanced features including 500 notebooks, 300 sources per notebook, and 500 daily chat queries. The premium version costs $20 monthly, with a 50% …
Google has announced significant updates to its AI-powered note-taking application NotebookLM, including a new interactive feature for its Audio Overviews function and an enterprise-focused version called NotebookLM Plus. The application, which has gained popularity for its ability to generate podcast-like conversations between AI hosts based on source materials, now allows users to directly interact with …
Three leading members of Google’s NotebookLM team have departed the company to establish their own AI venture, according to reporting by Charles Rollet for TechCrunch. Former team lead Raiza Martin, designer Jason Spielman, and engineer Stephen Hughes will focus on developing consumer-oriented artificial intelligence products. The startup remains in stealth mode with minimal public information …
Sam Lessin, a general partner at Slow Ventures, revealed on social media that his venture capital firm is successfully using Google’s AI application NotebookLM in place of a traditional customer relationship management (CRM) system. According to an article by VentureBeat’s Carl Franzen, Lessin uploaded 10 years worth of internal emails to NotebookLM and can now …
Google has updated its AI note-taking and research assistant, NotebookLM, enhancing its audio summarization feature to allow users to guide AI-generated audio conversations on specific topics. This update lets users customize audio overviews using a dedicated control, enabling them to focus on particular content areas. Raiza Martin, NotebookLM’s product leader, emphasized that this customization helps …
A data scientist from Singapore has developed an open-source alternative to Google’s NotebookLM. Gabriel Chua of the GovTech agency created the tool called “Open NotebookLM” in just one afternoon. It converts PDF documents into personalized podcasts using publicly available AI models. The project demonstrates how quickly complex AI applications can be replicated today. However, the …
With NotebookLM, Google has developed a versatile AI note-taking and research tool that is increasingly suitable for professional use. It allows users to organize different types of documents, such as PDFs, websites, Google Docs and, more recently, YouTube videos and audio files, in a digital notebook. A core feature of this tool is AI-powered analysis …