Google has added a modern Notebooklm function that allows the AI notes tool Find your own online sources to sum up and tell. Instead of manually sending sources, such as YouTube documents or links, users can now touch the “Discover” button and simply describe the topic that they want to understand better, and the tool then collects online sources around the topic.
Google claims that the discover function began to develop on Wednesday and will take “about a week” to be available to all users.
According to Google, Notebooklm will hunt “hundreds of potential online sources”, analyzing the most appropriate options, and then presents a list of a maximum of ten recommendations, each with a summary explaining its meaning. Users can choose which of these sources want to appeal to the notebook, and import them in other functions, including FAQ, information documents and audio reviews similar to podcasts, which exploit AI hosts to discuss the topic.
Sources will be saved in a notebook to allow users to read them directly and exploit them as references for citations, notes and the possibilities of answering questions. Google claims that Discover Sources is the first of several Notebooklm functions powered by Gemini, which are developed to lend a hand users find the right reference materials of notebooks.
Another option pulled out of this is “I’m interesting Feeling” – a button that prompts a notebook to generate sources on a completely random topic. It’s a good way to see what she is capable of, but also a nice way to learn modern topics, just like The function of a random Wikipedia article.