Google’s NotebookLM now lets you guide the hosts of your AI podcast

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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 launched NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews last month, with two AI hosts that offer a “lively” discussion of your research. The company notes that its Audio Overviews aren’t meant to be a “comprehensive or objective overview of a topic” and are “simply a reflection of the sources that you’ve uploaded and any instructions you provide.”

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To customize the chat, open up a notebook in NotebookLM, select “Notebook guide,” and then…

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