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.”
To
customize
the
chat,
open
up
a
notebook
in
NotebookLM,
select
“Notebook
guide,”
and
then
navigate
to
the
“Deep
dive
conversation”
option.
From
there,
hit
“Customize,”
and
enter
instructions
that
you
want
your
AI
hosts
to
follow.
NotebookLM
will
then
generate
a
conversation
based
on
the
directions
you’ve
provided.
In
addition
to
taking
the
“experimental”
label
off
NotebookLM,
Google
is
introducing
background
listening
for
Audio
Overviews,
allowing
you
to
listen
to
the
AI
hosts’
discussion
while
you
work
in
other
areas
of
the
app.
Last
month,
Google
also
added
the
ability
for
NotebookLM
to
dig
deeper
into
YouTube
videos
with
transcriptions.
(Originally posted by Emma Roth)
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