NotebookLM
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Google's AI research assistant — upload your documents and get AI-powered summaries, Q&A, and podcasts.
About NotebookLM
NotebookLM is a free AI research tool by Google that's grounded in your own documents. Upload PDFs, Google Docs, websites, and YouTube videos, and it generates summaries, answers questions with citations, creates study guides, and even produces AI podcast-style audio overviews of your content.
Key Features
- Upload PDFs, Docs, websites, and YouTube videos
- AI-generated audio overviews (podcast-style)
- Question answering with citations from your sources
- Automatic summary and study guide generation
- Shared notebooks for team collaboration
Pros & Cons
Pros
+ Completely free to use
+ Grounded in YOUR sources — reduces hallucination
+ Audio overview feature is uniquely useful
Cons
- Limited to uploaded sources only
- No real-time web search
- Audio overviews can take time to generate
Use Cases
Studying for examsAnalyzing research papersSummarizing meeting notesCreating content from source material
Pricing
Free
Free to use. NotebookLM Plus available through Google Workspace.
Who It's For
StudentsResearchersContent creatorsProfessionals reviewing documents
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