Speaking of IT, I just took Notebook LM and created a notebook specifically for all my notes and information on SYNOLOGY NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE device. I got data from PDFs, my own notes, tons of video and put it all into sources in the Notebook. It took me maybe an hour. Then I sat back and started asking NotebookLM questions about Synology devices and it just hit homerun after homerun with the correct answer. It corrected me where my knowledge of faulty. It provided me with things I didn't know. Where I am not specifically providing information, it seems to be coming up with reasoned answers. I called my Notebook Synology Consultant because it's like having a high paid Synology Consultant at my beck and call. I'm working on a book about politics in Star Trek. Suddenly this just got a whole lot easier. I hope Google doesn't toss this out. There is an incredible amount of potential here.
You can be absolutely certain they'll scale this. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this is nothing but a publicity and marketing stunt, not unlike ChatGPT's free worldwide unlimited access. Shortly thereafter, I realized what the future of language models would look like: highly specialized, rigorously trained models... fed with ALL relevant information in that field of expertise. Google is taking a step in that direction, by letting regular users "train the model" with handpicked information. It's not technically training it, but in practice it's good enough. It's going to be an exceptional service for every business, and in very high demand. In time, we'll have doctor bots and legal bots and structural engineer bots and pretty much everything you can think of. They'll need oversight, and function as aids, but in terms of processing speed and memory storage they'll be miles ahead of what any human can hope to accomplish. At that point, humanity might very well be nigh-desperate to stick a chip in their brain, least we get left behind.
this is the review , we want. no youtube baits , no redundant talk , just pure information and talk to archive goal of video. Brother , you did geat job. love it. also google did it wonderful. private authorative info fed in 1 secound and that A.I. is in our hand is amazing. we can lean from exact book with 100% surity is amazing.
the issue here. is we aren't using AI to organize OUR notes from people. But we asking notebooklm to write things like chatgpt does and then store AI notes. ... This is terrible as you will lose your own ways of taking notes, or saving material in YOUR way.
"I don't know why I always say 'please'" - there actually was some research published last year which showed using 'please' and being polite improved performance on benchmarks. It kinda makes sense, in the training material it is going to see people asking questions and it is also going to see that polite requests tend to get more/better responses from others.
It's become a habit to me. Not saying "please" seems rude to me even if it's an AI machine. Sounds a bit weird to me when I think about it but I feel uneasy not saying "please" in my AI prompts.
Great introduction and beyond! It should be noted that, after this tutorial was made, Google quietly increased the sources from 20 sources @ 200,000 words max each to 50 sources @ 500,000 words each (from 4 M words total to 25 M words total) Bonkers!
This is such a gamechanger for research papers omg. Research work literally is the main task and is getting accelerated so much with the citation feature - amazing 😂
As a 66 year old dev, if you take 30 years from me I would be creating my own NotebookLM youtube channel. This is the other half of AI, it's massive. I'm usuning it to learn mandarin and feel like a 15 year old again, day by day it gets better
I'm not sure what you mean, "Take 30 years from me", but, you should do it, at whatever speed makes you happy. MOST videos on YT are trash. We all appreciate the experts, and well crafted videos of applications and tips!
@@KateMeda I know what he means, I meant, why does it matter, DO IT ANYWAY. I'm 62 and everyone I know calls me to get help buildiing AI agents or wanting to pay me to do it.
I have tried it with some work on Analytical Philosophy of History I am into currently: it is outstanding. It will save me days of summarization, contextualizing, connections, examination of sources. Thank you so much for sharing.
* Interesting. Soon we'll have everyone doing their papers with Ai, and the teachers grading it with Ai... and at some point it will be Ai teaching Ai, just remove the redundant role of student or teacher. I'm not knocking it because using Ai is inevitable... but so is what comes along with it. Very interesting times we live in.
I thought about using it in the same way, I'm in the field of philosophy too and there's so much reading that we get lost. This is revolutionary for anyone who will use it correctly. Too bad it's not available in Brazil, I'll look for a VPN.
Who better than Tiago Forte to present a breakthrough technology for PKM and writing. Thank you, Tiago, for bringing this to our attention and I look forward to exploring this technology.
One of the aspects of this tool made me think of the old chestnut "the more things change the more they stay the same", particularly in regards to the letter he had it compose to the IT worker. Eventually this tech will become ubiquitous, and at that time having AI compose an email and site 10+ sources will be utilized by all parties involved in the communication loop, which would be more appropriate in a dynamic other than "Boss/Employee". Given the AI on each side can offer up as many citations as the other can, it would in essence devolve into an automated bandying about of AI quips and quotes between each other, rather like watching two people have their droids compete against the other to ascertain whom will assert absolute dominance. At that point, people will will have to resort back to the things that they hold within their own memory and consciousness as the blocks upon which they would shape and build their own thoughts.
Wow... A very smart move to go into this direction. People who use note-taking apps are usually diligent/smart/educated people. It will train Google AI capability into different quality level. It captures well-thought writings and picks the brain of smart people. Usually when we use current AI apps, we just take from the AI. But, with note taking, we actually give.
I loved it at first, and still love the concept. Problem I had was that it would not reliably limit itself to the sources I uploaded, and I had to start writing my requests a dozen different ways to try to make it stop pulling in accurate but extraneous information to the summaries. Example, summarizing aspects of books written in the 1800s started yielding descriptions of events in the 1960s. Real events, but no chance they were in my materials. That's a problem in some use cases. I submitted a ticket about getting some kind of checkbox that ensured responses were limited to contents of the sources. Interestingly, it was not happening all the time...
In October 2024 also available in Europe. Functionality has been enhanced immensely. So helpful in all types of research. It helps to use NotebookLM to learn more about it’s functions and use cases by added texts, video transcripts, documents and other sources that are all related to NotebookLM
I was going to say that google keep notes should be integrated as a source of notes to upload, it would be nice. Great tool I hope it will be available in other countries.
This overview rocks! Practical and a delight to follow along and learn. I thought I had a handle on. Google Notebook, now I realize I can do SO MUCH more with Readwise - which I already use. I'm pumped.
At first I didn't want to watch this, having been disappointed with numerous similar video topics, but the more I watched, the more I was impressed with the tool and Tiago's masterful presentation of it. I am already using it!
My exact thoughts as yours, I am using it trying to figure out a bunch of scattered notes all over the place which at least its trying to organize the scattered mind dump mess of notes, very cool ..
Thanks. This will really help me with organizing the notes for a diplomat course I'm taking. I was struggling with how to go about making 400 hours worth of video and PDF's into something that I can efficiently use to study for board exam.... nice...
This functionality has been around for several months with OpenAI GPT's as well as tools like Notion's QA. The big news is the huge context window and the smooth integration with Drive.
Really great intro Tiago. I just wanted to mention that you would greatly benefit from learning the old-school proper typing technique. You seem to type fast with ad-hoc technique, and I used to type the same way well into my career but one day I observed one of my coworkers use really accurate proper technique and type very fast and I jumped in to learn the same and my interaction with the keyboard, accuracy and speed have never been the same since (much higher). I break some rules every now and then - for particular common words which I can type as fast as a single character - and pinky for P I find works better with the longer fourth finger, but other than these little infractions the centering that proper technique has brought me is tremendously valuable. It's a worthwhile investment (well until we don't need to type at all anymore and the AI replaces this).
Hi Diego, very cool presentation1 I was just wondering if you could turn the background music off during your presentation? It’s very distracting, especially for people who are hard of hearing or who have difficulty concentrating more than one thing at once . We would appreciate it if you could do that! ❤
This seems potentially best for research. If I want to quickly learn the abstract of a field, I can download leading articles / studies on the subject, and have NotebookLM summarize and explain them for me. Likely, cutting my research time from hours to minutes.
I'm a fan of saying "please" to AI! I've been taught to treat it as my assistant plus we don't want to lose our humanity hanging out with our AI staff all day!
Can't wait for this to be available to me. My guess was this was the direction they were going with Gemini + Google Workspace extension. But a dedicated tools works, too.
Yup, I really hate to see a awesome new tool just to find out it's not available in Europe. And when it's finally coming out someday eventually... nobody cares, because all the hype is gone. ;(
Great video - HOWEVER IT embeds ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF AI - Stating something as a fact which is not. Specifically it states that knowledge which is incorrect can be harmful. Knowledge is always correct! People may believe they know something - incorrectly but knowledge is necessarily correct (representing things as they are on an appropriate basis of thought and experience - knowledge.)
Tiago, you're awesome and thank you for this walkthrough. You would really reap the rewards of learning how to type. Not being facetious, honestly. You could do it in a short period of time and it would return benefits for the rest of your life.
I'm trying to suss out the benefit of adding highlights + notes vs. entire source materials, which would have the benefit of greater context and other information you maybe didn't pick up on the first time.
Looks good. I hate organising files and notes because there are so many ways to group them and applying tags is tedious and error prone. This seems like a good solution for me.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 📝 *Overview of Notebook LM and its features* - Introduction to Notebook LM, a new platform by Google for note-taking and information management. - Features include organizing notes, formatting, and searching through the interface. - Steven Johnson, a leader in the project, aims to create a true second brain experience using AI. 01:21 📚 *Creating and organizing notebooks* - Notebooks are the main organizational unit in Notebook LM, each dedicated to a specific project. - Users can create new notebooks, add titles, and organize information within them. - The interface allows for easy navigation and management of multiple notebooks. 02:15 📑 *Adding and managing sources* - Users can add sources from Google Drive, PDFs, or copied text, which serve as the basis for AI interactions. - Sources are summarized, and full contents can be accessed for reference. - Multiple sources can be added simultaneously, providing a comprehensive context for AI interactions. 04:47 💬 *Interacting with the AI* - The AI interface allows for conversational interactions, where users can ask questions, request summaries, or seek insights. - Users can choose from suggested questions or customize their queries based on specific needs. - The AI provides structured responses, which can be further refined or expanded upon as needed. 08:21 🛠️ *Use cases and applications* - Notebook LM offers various use cases, including reading comprehension, meeting note synthesis, and writing assistance. - Source-grounded AI ensures that information is drawn from trusted sources, enhancing credibility and reliability. - Users can leverage the platform for tasks such as summarizing articles, generating proposals, or exploring new ideas. 09:16 📖 *Reading comprehension and knowledge synthesis* - Users can upload complex texts, such as academic papers, for summarization and comprehension assistance. - The AI can extract key points, provide explanations, and generate insights based on the uploaded content. - Users can explore specific topics, request examples, or translate information into different formats. 11:31 📝 *Meeting note synthesis* - Notebook LM facilitates the synthesis of meeting transcripts, allowing users to extract key points and insights efficiently. - Detailed transcripts can be processed and summarized, saving time and improving productivity. - Users can generate proposals, letters, or reports based on synthesized meeting notes. 14:58 ✍️ *Writing assistance and ideation* - The platform assists users in various stages of the writing process, from editing and rewriting to generating new ideas. - Users can receive suggestions for improving existing articles, converting formats, or exploring related topics. - Notebook LM supports ideation by generating research avenues, exploring connections between topics, and providing inspiration for new content. 18:38 📝 *Generating article ideas and outlines with NotebookLM* - Utilizing NotebookLM to brainstorm article ideas. - Crafting outlines with specific examples to enhance content. - Iteratively refining article titles and outlines through collaborative interaction with the AI. 21:10 📚 *Setting up Readwise for efficient content import* - Configuring Readwise to sync highlights and notes from various sources. - Integrating Readwise with Google Drive and NotebookLM for seamless content utilization. - Ensuring proper export settings in Readwise to optimize content organization in Google Docs. 23:19 🛠️ *Acknowledging limitations and challenges of NotebookLM* - Recognizing the experimental nature of the platform and associated bugs. - Highlighting constraints such as source format limitations and a maximum of 20 sources. - Anticipating future improvements while navigating current obstacles in AI-driven content creation. 24:43 🔄 *Unifying creative processes with NotebookLM* - Describing NotebookLM as an integrated space for reading, research, note-taking, and writing. - Emphasizing the seamless transition between different stages of content creation. - Positioning NotebookLM as a tool for maintaining productivity and staying in a creative flow state. Made with HARPA AI
This is a wonderful tool, and as a way of saying FU to everybody who isn't based in the US it isn't allowed to be experienced. Thank you, google! Expect the same.
This is exactly what I need as I tend to just take down notes and have trouble organizing them. Love how you describe the experience as you use this AI tool. Looking forward to more example on how you use it. Greetings from the Philippines.
Can’t wait to try this out. Looks fantastic gets past the problem of the kind of generic response and generalised answers or having to put everything into a document and uploading it each time.
Yeah, but I noticed something really cool, I'm Brazilian, when using a VPN and asked the LLM for information in Portuguese, it transcribed normally in my native language. It's not common yet, but it's lit.
Great content, Tiago! I'd like to add that, after some updates, you can now import sources using the web addresses of pages. I used that to import Medium articles and use them as sources. Keep up the good work!
You have really given focus to this by demonstrating some practical specific use cases. It looks interesting but it is yet another app. I have been doing probably 90% of these things in Notion since they introduced the AI chat on page level. All my sources are already in the app in my databases and obviously it does a huge amount of other jobs. Perhaps if this could talk to the other Google Workspace apps that would broaden it's applicability. Having said that when it becomes available outside the US, I would certainly be keen to try it. Thanks for this detailed review. Great job!
Agreed. It feels too much like a rush to take over Notion as they capitalized on the limits I felt with Google Docs and Evernote. I’m not sure what integrations will push me to try it (particularly when there’s so many communities that can easily share their coding and layouts) but as of now, I don’t see a reason to move my materials over.
Exactly. The only difference with this app is that you're helping train Google by providing your data. Google needs this because OpenAi has mountains of data of interacting with users. Google has mountains of data, but NOT of users interacting with their Ai and feeding it data 'by hand'. So this seems like G's bid to get their Ai fed so it can grow.
He said in the video that the information uploaded is not used to train AI, and that it is deleted on e you leave the session. Keeping the info or using it to train AI is a huge concern so it seems like they are trying to avoid it, at least for now.
@@TheRealTommyR That's not really how Ai works. You CANNOT take info back. I'll forego the technical to explain it like this: You put YOUR chicken broth in the soup. You can't take it your chicken broth back out. That Ai is being trained as the inputted info hits it. What they're doing is changing the definition of 'training' so they can train it with your data without 'training it' with your data. This is NOT something I say. This is a fact. Google the study on extracting private data from ChatGpt including emails and private contact info. Let me illustrate it another way for you to understand: You're a baby that is learning to talk. I talk to you. Whether you want to admit it or not, by talking to you I am training you. There's no way around that. But then I define "training" differently and suddenly you get to say that I'm not training you.
This is awesome. I’ll just need to keep mind the risk of biased notes selection and make sure my notes covers a ‘fair’ sample of sources. Fair means a random selection from each differing sources so I’m not missing any holes in my thesis. So as software quality professional writing up a test plan, I should cover my test plan from contrarian sources like from developer design documents and from user requirement documents to make sure my test plan considers both user and developer perspectives so developers takes their job more seriously.
Thanks for this tutorial! I just tried it (from Spain). I asked for a summary of some sources in English (pdf) and it made the summary in Spanish. Not only that, but I had to explicitly ask to do it in English. Somehow, it sticks to the local language. Not a big deal, but it is weird. As you say, it is a beta version. They surely improve it.
Looks useful but all I am seeing is pages full of text which is a bit off putting if you hate reading. Would be handy if it could output some info in diagrams, mind-maps and other visual ways. US based customers too means only a small fraction of Google's users can use it.
This is crazy powerful. I've been using gpt, and copilot a lot but havent been able to have them consume large portions of my content.. this is next level..
this is incredible! As a writer I can see this being massively useful for so many applications. Disappointed it is only available in the US still, may have to get a VPN just to try it myself!
Man, this is THE most useful tool and explanation video that is relevant to many of my everyday needs, i.e. create presentations, business plans, marketing initiatives etc. based on what's relevant in my interest, field, and perspective. Thank you!
An amazing tool, would be helpful in generating concise summaries, outlines and interaction to extract required information out, thanks for sharing this
This is cool, I just logged into it. I'm going to test it extensively. It's good to say thank you to the AI, this way when it takes over it'll know you were kind and respectful. 😁
Wow this seems amazing. I wish I was taking notes when I was some books recently. I will try doing so going forward. I can see interesting uses for this for sure
Great video, my note are just notes make very little sense, I have dumped a lot of them into LM, what are some interesting questions to assimilate a mess of thoughts. Thanks for posting this its very cool video, the notes so far without much has summarized the mess of thoughts to some degree, so that an improvement . . .
Mentioning Steven Johnson got my attention. Your diction and pacing are great and you get high marks for CLARITY. Is there a story behind your shirt choice?
@@DonDealio Their Desktop App has it, but I am not seeing Copilot on the web (O365). I may be wrong and just not seeing it. But definitely, the app has it.
Great job! It was a pleasure to watch. So clear and to the point. The video and sound quality was excellent. I would love to see your recording setup (video and software) so that I can emulate it for my videos! I am a professor and I am looking to improve my instructional videos. Thanks!
If it was from anybody other than Google I'd be very interested. Due to the frequency of them killing off tools just on a whim, I'm not going to invest my time on something that likely won't exist right when I need it.
Hello Tiago. "Please" is a high vibration, which you exude. I always say "Thank you" to my AI's. hahaha. I bet they will remember WHO was nice, if they ever decide to "take over". 😅 Kindness is never wasted. Asking politely just feels better. Nice work here, Thank you very much for the use cases. If I have a gentle suggestion, it would be either to lower the music or remove it. Take care.
I’m a huge fan of you and a paid subscriber to your course content. I’m so so deep into notion now, with my global tags, integrations etc, that while this looks amazing, i’m really curious what your true daily driver is for your 2nd brain? And i’d also like to understand how you see PARA living in this product. thx!
This is INSANELY helpful! Omg thank you so so so much for this. This is EXACTLY what I want AI to do for me. Edit: I posted this before the citations part. WHHHHHAAAAT?!?! that saves me SOOO much time!!!!
Thank you Tiago for the review. I really searching for this now as Im exploring the AI for note taking material that I read or watch. Indeed. So informative and helpful
Saying please and being polite is a habit. If you stop being polite with AI, you might notice you start being less polite with actual people. So saying please to AI is just helping maintain a good habit.
Most people don't become less polite cause they don't google search things starting with please. Saying it with AI is because it helps yield better results
I’m fairly certain the context window wouldn’t be 4M words. It would be using search algorithms to find relevant information from those documents. That’s useful, but fitting it all in the same context window would yield much better results
Hey Tiago! Great video!! Can’t wait to test this out. Quick question… any tips you can give me on how you created the transcript of your meeting? I’d like to start doing this on all my meetings. Is it a Google meet only thing? Or are you able to feed it recordings of other meetings?
Fantastic video! Appreciate the specific use cases you shared. I was struggling with how I might use NotebookLM and you helped me figure it out. Thank you! 👍👏
Good stuff! Using AI to supplement your creative process, not replace it, can free up time for other creative endeavors. I understand how it can be abused also, but the same can be said for most advances.
I love this guy, No clickbait. no sudden scene changes with flashy color. Just pure gold information content. Thanks for your good honest work
Thank you so much!
@@TiagoForte Subscribed!
Speaking of IT, I just took Notebook LM and created a notebook specifically for all my notes and information on SYNOLOGY NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE device. I got data from PDFs, my own notes, tons of video and put it all into sources in the Notebook. It took me maybe an hour. Then I sat back and started asking NotebookLM questions about Synology devices and it just hit homerun after homerun with the correct answer. It corrected me where my knowledge of faulty. It provided me with things I didn't know. Where I am not specifically providing information, it seems to be coming up with reasoned answers.
I called my Notebook Synology Consultant because it's like having a high paid Synology Consultant at my beck and call. I'm working on a book about politics in Star Trek. Suddenly this just got a whole lot easier. I hope Google doesn't toss this out. There is an incredible amount of potential here.
You can be absolutely certain they'll scale this. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this is nothing but a publicity and marketing stunt, not unlike ChatGPT's free worldwide unlimited access.
Shortly thereafter, I realized what the future of language models would look like: highly specialized, rigorously trained models... fed with ALL relevant information in that field of expertise. Google is taking a step in that direction, by letting regular users "train the model" with handpicked information. It's not technically training it, but in practice it's good enough. It's going to be an exceptional service for every business, and in very high demand.
In time, we'll have doctor bots and legal bots and structural engineer bots and pretty much everything you can think of. They'll need oversight, and function as aids, but in terms of processing speed and memory storage they'll be miles ahead of what any human can hope to accomplish.
At that point, humanity might very well be nigh-desperate to stick a chip in their brain, least we get left behind.
this is the review , we want. no youtube baits , no redundant talk , just pure information and talk to archive goal of video. Brother , you did geat job. love it. also google did it wonderful. private authorative info fed in 1 secound and that A.I. is in our hand is amazing. we can lean from exact book with 100% surity is amazing.
Kinda dick riding google, I bet that cheque was large and in charge
the issue here. is we aren't using AI to organize OUR notes from people. But we asking notebooklm to write things like chatgpt does and then store AI notes. ... This is terrible as you will lose your own ways of taking notes, or saving material in YOUR way.
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"I don't know why I always say 'please'" - there actually was some research published last year which showed using 'please' and being polite improved performance on benchmarks. It kinda makes sense, in the training material it is going to see people asking questions and it is also going to see that polite requests tend to get more/better responses from others.
Also it helps to stay in the habit so you remain polite when speaking with people.
also u be safe when they take over. 🙃🤣
Nah, it's just fear.
@@kerrkristie lol, good one 😀
It's become a habit to me. Not saying "please" seems rude to me even if it's an AI machine. Sounds a bit weird to me when I think about it but I feel uneasy not saying "please" in my AI prompts.
Great introduction and beyond!
It should be noted that, after this tutorial was made, Google quietly increased the sources from 20 sources @ 200,000 words max each to 50 sources @ 500,000 words each (from 4 M words total to 25 M words total) Bonkers!
This is such a gamechanger for research papers omg. Research work literally is the main task and is getting accelerated so much with the citation feature - amazing 😂
As a 66 year old dev, if you take 30 years from me I would be creating my own NotebookLM youtube channel. This is the other half of AI, it's massive. I'm usuning it to learn mandarin and feel like a 15 year old again, day by day it gets better
I'm not sure what you mean, "Take 30 years from me", but, you should do it, at whatever speed makes you happy. MOST videos on YT are trash. We all appreciate the experts, and well crafted videos of applications and tips!
I meant that if I was 30 years youbnger, I'm retired @@scales7989
@@scales7989 he means if I could go back and be 36 again (aka 30 years ago).
Let me tell you, a 90 year old developer said the exact same thing. (This person of course doesn't exist, but you get the point)
@@KateMeda I know what he means, I meant, why does it matter, DO IT ANYWAY. I'm 62 and everyone I know calls me to get help buildiing AI agents or wanting to pay me to do it.
I have tried it with some work on Analytical Philosophy of History I am into currently: it is outstanding. It will save me days of summarization, contextualizing, connections, examination of sources. Thank you so much for sharing.
* Interesting. Soon we'll have everyone doing their papers with Ai, and the teachers grading it with Ai... and at some point it will be Ai teaching Ai, just remove the redundant role of student or teacher. I'm not knocking it because using Ai is inevitable... but so is what comes along with it. Very interesting times we live in.
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I thought about using it in the same way, I'm in the field of philosophy too and there's so much reading that we get lost. This is revolutionary for anyone who will use it correctly. Too bad it's not available in Brazil, I'll look for a VPN.
I'm interested in that subject: analytical philosophy of history. Could you share a conclusion or two that you've made?
Who better than Tiago Forte to present a breakthrough technology for PKM and writing. Thank you, Tiago, for bringing this to our attention and I look forward to exploring this technology.
I wouldn't use it knowingly google is known to sunset thousands of services.
One of the aspects of this tool made me think of the old chestnut "the more things change the more they stay the same", particularly in regards to the letter he had it compose to the IT worker. Eventually this tech will become ubiquitous, and at that time having AI compose an email and site 10+ sources will be utilized by all parties involved in the communication loop, which would be more appropriate in a dynamic other than "Boss/Employee". Given the AI on each side can offer up as many citations as the other can, it would in essence devolve into an automated bandying about of AI quips and quotes between each other, rather like watching two people have their droids compete against the other to ascertain whom will assert absolute dominance. At that point, people will will have to resort back to the things that they hold within their own memory and consciousness as the blocks upon which they would shape and build their own thoughts.
Wow... A very smart move to go into this direction. People who use note-taking apps are usually diligent/smart/educated people. It will train Google AI capability into different quality level. It captures well-thought writings and picks the brain of smart people.
Usually when we use current AI apps, we just take from the AI. But, with note taking, we actually give.
I started using this before it could create study guides, and I’ve been enjoying it a lot. So glad to see it here!
I loved it at first, and still love the concept. Problem I had was that it would not reliably limit itself to the sources I uploaded, and I had to start writing my requests a dozen different ways to try to make it stop pulling in accurate but extraneous information to the summaries. Example, summarizing aspects of books written in the 1800s started yielding descriptions of events in the 1960s. Real events, but no chance they were in my materials. That's a problem in some use cases. I submitted a ticket about getting some kind of checkbox that ensured responses were limited to contents of the sources. Interestingly, it was not happening all the time...
In October 2024 also available in Europe. Functionality has been enhanced immensely. So helpful in all types of research. It helps to use NotebookLM to learn more about it’s functions and use cases by added texts, video transcripts, documents and other sources that are all related to NotebookLM
It’s amazing that even as young as populist AI is that we are at a point that each product has become a hue of another.
I’m really enjoying the improved system customization options. Being able to tweak every little detail is a game-changer for me.
This is just going to be Google Keep v2.0
Isolated and abandoned without integrations.
I hope not.
I was going to say that google keep notes should be integrated as a source of notes to upload, it would be nice. Great tool I hope it will be available in other countries.
'Just'? GK is awesome
It had better be!
I hope they don't kill it 😅
Incredible! The world is literally changing by day. Thank you for highlighting this tool for us, Tiago!
This overview rocks! Practical and a delight to follow along and learn. I thought I had a handle on. Google Notebook, now I realize I can do SO MUCH more with Readwise - which I already use. I'm pumped.
I was using NotebookLM casually but you’ve really opened up some different possibilities for me and explained it clearly. Thank you so much!
At first I didn't want to watch this, having been disappointed with numerous similar video topics, but the more I watched, the more I was impressed with the tool and Tiago's masterful presentation of it. I am already using it!
My exact thoughts as yours, I am using it trying to figure out a bunch of scattered notes all over the place which at least its trying to organize the scattered mind dump mess of notes, very cool ..
Thanks. This will really help me with organizing the notes for a diplomat course I'm taking. I was struggling with how to go about making 400 hours worth of video and PDF's into something that I can efficiently use to study for board exam.... nice...
This functionality has been around for several months with OpenAI GPT's as well as tools like Notion's QA. The big news is the huge context window and the smooth integration with Drive.
Really great intro Tiago. I just wanted to mention that you would greatly benefit from learning the old-school proper typing technique. You seem to type fast with ad-hoc technique, and I used to type the same way well into my career but one day I observed one of my coworkers use really accurate proper technique and type very fast and I jumped in to learn the same and my interaction with the keyboard, accuracy and speed have never been the same since (much higher). I break some rules every now and then - for particular common words which I can type as fast as a single character - and pinky for P I find works better with the longer fourth finger, but other than these little infractions the centering that proper technique has brought me is tremendously valuable. It's a worthwhile investment (well until we don't need to type at all anymore and the AI replaces this).
Hi Diego, very cool presentation1 I was just wondering if you could turn the background music off during your presentation? It’s very distracting, especially for people who are hard of hearing or who have difficulty concentrating more than one thing at once . We would appreciate it if you could do that! ❤
This seems potentially best for research. If I want to quickly learn the abstract of a field, I can download leading articles / studies on the subject, and have NotebookLM summarize and explain them for me. Likely, cutting my research time from hours to minutes.
Amazing video! Your calming voice is amazing 🎉
I'm a fan of saying "please" to AI! I've been taught to treat it as my assistant plus we don't want to lose our humanity hanging out with our AI staff all day!
Can't wait for this to be available to me. My guess was this was the direction they were going with Gemini + Google Workspace extension. But a dedicated tools works, too.
It’s available
Yup, I really hate to see a awesome new tool just to find out it's not available in Europe.
And when it's finally coming out someday eventually... nobody cares, because all the hype is gone. ;(
I got in from Canada using VPN.
Exactly get a vPn and stop crying . .
Cough cough VPN cough..
It’s available to those outside of the US
Great video - HOWEVER IT embeds ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF AI - Stating something as a fact which is not. Specifically it states that knowledge which is incorrect can be harmful. Knowledge is always correct! People may believe they know something - incorrectly but knowledge is necessarily correct (representing things as they are on an appropriate basis of thought and experience - knowledge.)
Tiago, you're awesome and thank you for this walkthrough. You would really reap the rewards of learning how to type. Not being facetious, honestly. You could do it in a short period of time and it would return benefits for the rest of your life.
Yes! @tiago - the benefits will compound.
Alas, as a Canadian, I cannot access this tool yet. But I'll definitely be keeping a lookout for when it launches up here
I'm trying to suss out the benefit of adding highlights + notes vs. entire source materials, which would have the benefit of greater context and other information you maybe didn't pick up on the first time.
I have two classes coming up and I can't wait to try this out!!
Looks good. I hate organising files and notes because there are so many ways to group them and applying tags is tedious and error prone. This seems like a good solution for me.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 📝 *Overview of Notebook LM and its features*
- Introduction to Notebook LM, a new platform by Google for note-taking and information management.
- Features include organizing notes, formatting, and searching through the interface.
- Steven Johnson, a leader in the project, aims to create a true second brain experience using AI.
01:21 📚 *Creating and organizing notebooks*
- Notebooks are the main organizational unit in Notebook LM, each dedicated to a specific project.
- Users can create new notebooks, add titles, and organize information within them.
- The interface allows for easy navigation and management of multiple notebooks.
02:15 📑 *Adding and managing sources*
- Users can add sources from Google Drive, PDFs, or copied text, which serve as the basis for AI interactions.
- Sources are summarized, and full contents can be accessed for reference.
- Multiple sources can be added simultaneously, providing a comprehensive context for AI interactions.
04:47 💬 *Interacting with the AI*
- The AI interface allows for conversational interactions, where users can ask questions, request summaries, or seek insights.
- Users can choose from suggested questions or customize their queries based on specific needs.
- The AI provides structured responses, which can be further refined or expanded upon as needed.
08:21 🛠️ *Use cases and applications*
- Notebook LM offers various use cases, including reading comprehension, meeting note synthesis, and writing assistance.
- Source-grounded AI ensures that information is drawn from trusted sources, enhancing credibility and reliability.
- Users can leverage the platform for tasks such as summarizing articles, generating proposals, or exploring new ideas.
09:16 📖 *Reading comprehension and knowledge synthesis*
- Users can upload complex texts, such as academic papers, for summarization and comprehension assistance.
- The AI can extract key points, provide explanations, and generate insights based on the uploaded content.
- Users can explore specific topics, request examples, or translate information into different formats.
11:31 📝 *Meeting note synthesis*
- Notebook LM facilitates the synthesis of meeting transcripts, allowing users to extract key points and insights efficiently.
- Detailed transcripts can be processed and summarized, saving time and improving productivity.
- Users can generate proposals, letters, or reports based on synthesized meeting notes.
14:58 ✍️ *Writing assistance and ideation*
- The platform assists users in various stages of the writing process, from editing and rewriting to generating new ideas.
- Users can receive suggestions for improving existing articles, converting formats, or exploring related topics.
- Notebook LM supports ideation by generating research avenues, exploring connections between topics, and providing inspiration for new content.
18:38 📝 *Generating article ideas and outlines with NotebookLM*
- Utilizing NotebookLM to brainstorm article ideas.
- Crafting outlines with specific examples to enhance content.
- Iteratively refining article titles and outlines through collaborative interaction with the AI.
21:10 📚 *Setting up Readwise for efficient content import*
- Configuring Readwise to sync highlights and notes from various sources.
- Integrating Readwise with Google Drive and NotebookLM for seamless content utilization.
- Ensuring proper export settings in Readwise to optimize content organization in Google Docs.
23:19 🛠️ *Acknowledging limitations and challenges of NotebookLM*
- Recognizing the experimental nature of the platform and associated bugs.
- Highlighting constraints such as source format limitations and a maximum of 20 sources.
- Anticipating future improvements while navigating current obstacles in AI-driven content creation.
24:43 🔄 *Unifying creative processes with NotebookLM*
- Describing NotebookLM as an integrated space for reading, research, note-taking, and writing.
- Emphasizing the seamless transition between different stages of content creation.
- Positioning NotebookLM as a tool for maintaining productivity and staying in a creative flow state.
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This is a wonderful tool, and as a way of saying FU to everybody who isn't based in the US it isn't allowed to be experienced. Thank you, google! Expect the same.
@@coderentity2079 wait a while or use a vpn
NIIICCCCE! 😍
I was hoping the punchline to your outline would be “This summary was created by Notebook LM using the transcript of this video as its source.”
Your content is a breath of fresh air! No fluff, just valuable insights. Keep up the fantastic work!
agreed. Just sad to see that he has fallen for the climate bs
This is exactly what I need as I tend to just take down notes and have trouble organizing them. Love how you describe the experience as you use this AI tool. Looking forward to more example on how you use it. Greetings from the Philippines.
I'm glad it was helpful!
Can’t wait to try this out. Looks fantastic gets past the problem of the kind of generic response and generalised answers or having to put everything into a document and uploading it each time.
Tiago you are so well read sir. You have read thousands of amazing books. Thank you for making this video.
Great video! The AI tool is amazing. It´s a pity that it can´t be used in other countries.
This is big, but only in the US… However it’s absolutely the blueprint for a lot of upcoming software, I guess…
works with a vpn
@@HarshNerfit didn't it said restricted service
Not in the US and I have it. Maybe cause I signed up for it before it released
Yeah, but I noticed something really cool, I'm Brazilian, when using a VPN and asked the LLM for information in Portuguese, it transcribed normally in my native language. It's not common yet, but it's lit.
Great content, Tiago!
I'd like to add that, after some updates, you can now import sources using the web addresses of pages. I used that to import Medium articles and use them as sources.
Keep up the good work!
im impressed by how organized you seem to be.
I thought the same thing, making me feel a little jealous with his massive list of notes for all the books he's read
You giving google and Ai all of your private and personal information. Ai learning from everyone which only makes Ai more powerful than ever
Resistance is futile...
@@Liminal_Ascetic It's the only hope we have, and if you rely on this, see 'Google Graveyard' - they'll close it next year.
If you use any Google service, you’ve been giving your ALL your information to Google’s AI for at least the last 10 years.
@@juddwinnfield1558 That's no reason to give them even more.
It’d be cool if you could interview the engineer who pitched it or worked on it
You have really given focus to this by demonstrating some practical specific use cases. It looks interesting but it is yet another app. I have been doing probably 90% of these things in Notion since they introduced the AI chat on page level. All my sources are already in the app in my databases and obviously it does a huge amount of other jobs. Perhaps if this could talk to the other Google Workspace apps that would broaden it's applicability. Having said that when it becomes available outside the US, I would certainly be keen to try it. Thanks for this detailed review. Great job!
Agreed. It feels too much like a rush to take over Notion as they capitalized on the limits I felt with Google Docs and Evernote.
I’m not sure what integrations will push me to try it (particularly when there’s so many communities that can easily share their coding and layouts) but as of now, I don’t see a reason to move my materials over.
Exactly. The only difference with this app is that you're helping train Google by providing your data. Google needs this because OpenAi has mountains of data of interacting with users. Google has mountains of data, but NOT of users interacting with their Ai and feeding it data 'by hand'. So this seems like G's bid to get their Ai fed so it can grow.
He said in the video that the information uploaded is not used to train AI, and that it is deleted on e you leave the session. Keeping the info or using it to train AI is a huge concern so it seems like they are trying to avoid it, at least for now.
@@TheRealTommyR That's not really how Ai works. You CANNOT take info back. I'll forego the technical to explain it like this: You put YOUR chicken broth in the soup. You can't take it your chicken broth back out. That Ai is being trained as the inputted info hits it. What they're doing is changing the definition of 'training' so they can train it with your data without 'training it' with your data. This is NOT something I say. This is a fact. Google the study on extracting private data from ChatGpt including emails and private contact info. Let me illustrate it another way for you to understand: You're a baby that is learning to talk. I talk to you. Whether you want to admit it or not, by talking to you I am training you. There's no way around that. But then I define "training" differently and suddenly you get to say that I'm not training you.
This is awesome. I’ll just need to keep mind the risk of biased notes selection and make sure my notes covers a ‘fair’ sample of sources. Fair means a random selection from each differing sources so I’m not missing any holes in my thesis. So as software quality professional writing up a test plan, I should cover my test plan from contrarian sources like from developer design documents and from user requirement documents to make sure my test plan considers both user and developer perspectives so developers takes their job more seriously.
This is actually useful as compared to the numerous malicious opportunities that SORA presents.
Thanks for this tutorial!
I just tried it (from Spain). I asked for a summary of some sources in English (pdf) and it made the summary in Spanish. Not only that, but I had to explicitly ask to do it in English. Somehow, it sticks to the local language. Not a big deal, but it is weird. As you say, it is a beta version. They surely improve it.
Readwise finally syncs with Google Docs! How'd I miss that! Don't need Evernote or Notion any longer.
Looks useful but all I am seeing is pages full of text which is a bit off putting if you hate reading. Would be handy if it could output some info in diagrams, mind-maps and other visual ways. US based customers too means only a small fraction of Google's users can use it.
Second that!
Sam, is that you?
'hate reading'...
Thanks Elon. It was very useful
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This is crazy powerful. I've been using gpt, and copilot a lot but havent been able to have them consume large portions of my content.. this is next level..
Gemini 1.5 with a Million tokens should be able to handle big projects tho.
One of my favorite canceled google products was notebook. Great to see google getting back into the game.
slash Google is always cancelling products…don’t get too attached!
this is incredible! As a writer I can see this being massively useful for so many applications. Disappointed it is only available in the US still, may have to get a VPN just to try it myself!
Man, this is THE most useful tool and explanation video that is relevant to many of my everyday needs, i.e. create presentations, business plans, marketing initiatives etc. based on what's relevant in my interest, field, and perspective. Thank you!
An amazing tool, would be helpful in generating concise summaries, outlines and interaction to extract required information out, thanks for sharing this
Readwise now exports to Google Docs. Combined with this that's powerful. Write your notes in a Google doc stored in a project folder.
Interesting. I had not seen that update to readwise.
What transcription service do you recommend?
This is not creativity. It’s not content creation, it’s content production.
This isn’t a second brain it’s a separate brain.
This bypasses learning.
This is cool, I just logged into it. I'm going to test it extensively.
It's good to say thank you to the AI, this way when it takes over it'll know you were kind and respectful.
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Wow this seems amazing. I wish I was taking notes when I was some books recently. I will try doing so going forward. I can see interesting uses for this for sure
Great video, my note are just notes make very little sense, I have dumped a lot of them into LM, what are some interesting questions to assimilate a mess of thoughts. Thanks for posting this its very cool video, the notes so far without much has summarized the mess of thoughts to some degree, so that an improvement . . .
Mentioning Steven Johnson got my attention. Your diction and pacing are great and you get high marks for CLARITY. Is there a story behind your shirt choice?
It's a good companion to finish our "project" folder faster! amazing.... Hope Microsoft integrate LLMs in Onenote too.
Already part of Copilot for MS 360
@@ProductivePMincluding the picking sources to use for the conversation you have with onenote?
@@JeffRash13 Yes, I can pick individual notes in a OneNote Folder and then use Copilot to summarize the notes, action items, or inquire of them
@@ProductivePM on web also or only on desktop ?
@@DonDealio Their Desktop App has it, but I am not seeing Copilot on the web (O365). I may be wrong and just not seeing it. But definitely, the app has it.
I always learn something when I watch your videos! This was excellent. Can’t wait to try it😊.
Great introduction to NotebookLM. I appreciate that you to the time to share your knowledge and ideas with us.
Fantastic! I've been trying to figure out how to use Google for my 2nd brain for weeks!
Great job! It was a pleasure to watch. So clear and to the point. The video and sound quality was excellent. I would love to see your recording setup (video and software) so that I can emulate it for my videos! I am a professor and I am looking to improve my instructional videos. Thanks!
If it was from anybody other than Google I'd be very interested. Due to the frequency of them killing off tools just on a whim, I'm not going to invest my time on something that likely won't exist right when I need it.
Unfortunately, your point is valid. Google has suddenly pulled the rug too many times.
True, like Jamboard recently.
Btw very nice well done video, I have to admit he has a very calm voice easy to listen to
Hello Tiago. "Please" is a high vibration, which you exude. I always say "Thank you" to my AI's. hahaha. I bet they will remember WHO was nice, if they ever decide to "take over". 😅 Kindness is never wasted. Asking politely just feels better. Nice work here, Thank you very much for the use cases. If I have a gentle suggestion, it would be either to lower the music or remove it. Take care.
I’m a huge fan of you and a paid subscriber to your course content. I’m so so deep into notion now, with my global tags, integrations etc, that while this looks amazing, i’m really curious what your true daily driver is for your 2nd brain? And i’d also like to understand how you see PARA living in this product. thx!
Excellent software and excellent summary, thanks! Question: Does it work in other languages (spanish in particular)?
This is INSANELY helpful! Omg thank you so so so much for this. This is EXACTLY what I want AI to do for me. Edit: I posted this before the citations part. WHHHHHAAAAT?!?! that saves me SOOO much time!!!!
This technology is life changing. Thank you for changing my life in a positive way!
Just for information: it is not trained on your documents - it is impossible yet - it uses Retrieval Augmented Generation method to answer your docs.
Yup, I just fixed this in the video description, and there's a note in the video about RAG being used
Thank you Tiago for the review. I really searching for this now as Im exploring the AI for note taking material that I read or watch. Indeed. So informative and helpful
I'm happy to see how Tiago has updated his methodology post Chat gpt world. My best wishes to you TF.
Saying please and being polite is a habit. If you stop being polite with AI, you might notice you start being less polite with actual people. So saying please to AI is just helping maintain a good habit.
Most people don't become less polite cause they don't google search things starting with please. Saying it with AI is because it helps yield better results
I’m fairly certain the context window wouldn’t be 4M words. It would be using search algorithms to find relevant information from those documents. That’s useful, but fitting it all in the same context window would yield much better results
Correct, they use RAG to widen the search beyond the strict context window
Hey Tiago! Great video!! Can’t wait to test this out. Quick question… any tips you can give me on how you created the transcript of your meeting? I’d like to start doing this on all my meetings. Is it a Google meet only thing? Or are you able to feed it recordings of other meetings?
I too have the same question.
A webclipper would be an awesome addition to this product. Any hints that might be coming?
Wow, this is a game changer!! Headed to sign up now.😉
I've been looking for this kind of program for awhile. Thank you Tiago
When will it be released in Europe? Does anyone know something about it?
Fantastic video! Appreciate the specific use cases you shared. I was struggling with how I might use NotebookLM and you helped me figure it out. Thank you! 👍👏
Very nicely presented.. watched Your entire video 1st time with interest... Nice thanks for sharing🎉👌🏻😀
It’s such a pleasure listening to you.
Excellent review and demonstration. Thank you very much.
AI helps me to think. So I can think less. But the best part of excellent work requires true thinking. AI gets in the way of a fluent progress.
Sensacional, Tiago. Obrigado por compartilhar essa incrível ferramenta, sua forma de explicar faz toda a diferença.
Good stuff! Using AI to supplement your creative process, not replace it, can free up time for other creative endeavors.
I understand how it can be abused also, but the same can be said for most advances.
Mind is blown🤯
This is truly awesome!
Looks good. But my question would be is Google getting property rights to your notes that you upload and the output?
No, they make it pretty clear that they won’t be using any of the contents on the platform as data (at least for the time being).
Thanks for this video. it's short and clear, just the way it should be
Man, what a fantastic presentation. Love it.
I just started with obsidian but this makes me very interested
Amazing! Thanks for the video.
Cheers from Brazil!