Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize its podcast-like Audio Overviews. Before you generate a discussion using the note-taking app, you can give your AI hosts instructions about what topic you’d like them to focus on, or even tailor their discussions for different audiences.

Google's product lead for the AI podcast tool, which now has millions of users, told BI that customizing instructions was the most requested feature.

NotebookLM, Google's experimental AI -first notebook and research assistant, has gone viral for its Audio Overview feature, which transforms a user's material into a podcast. The feature just got an upgrade to fine-tune the experience, and I put it to the test.

The NotebookLM tool generates AI-hosted audio podcasts on any topic. Its latest update allows users to enter prompts to personalize the output. I tried it out.

NotebookLM, Google's AI-powered teaching tool is getting some upgrades. When we say teaching tool, that sounds rather dry, but in reality, NotebookLM is a mindblowing platform that generates an Audio Overview of two AI voices explaining source material in a podcast deep dive format.

Google initially launched NotebookLM, the Gemini -powered research and note-taking app, back in July 2023. Although it was released as an “Experimental” feature, that’s not the case anymore. The company is ready to make the app official and introduce new features in the process.