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ZDNET's key takeaways
NotebookLM introduced new audio formats on Wednesday.
The formats offer users more interactive, customizable information distillation.
The tool could save students and workers time.
Google's NotebookLM audio overview feature went viral because it uses AI to create engaging, realistic podcasts from your content. The feature just got a facelift, making it even more helpful, allowing you to customize the podcast to suit your needs even further.
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On Wednesday, Google launched new audio formats in NotebookLM. With the new format, users can continue to convert their information, notes, and data that a user input into podcasts, but this time they will have the option to customize the end results with four new styles that vary in tone and length.
What's new?
The four styles now include the default audio format: Deep Dive, which thoroughly examines your information sources for a comprehensive review; Brief, which provides a two-minute-or-less overview of need-to-know information; Critique, which critically analyzes your material; and Debate, which takes your information and gets two hosts to debate it.
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