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You can now use Deep Research with Google's NotebookLM.
This lets NotebookLM compile in-depth reports on your topic.
You can use Google Sheets and Word documents as sources.
Google's NotebookLM and Deep Research are both handy tools to help you research any topic using websites, as well as your own documents and other files. Now Google is pairing the two as a way to automate complex or challenging online research.
Announced on Thursday, NotebookLM's new Deep Research integration will scour the web on your behalf as it aims to tackle your question. Browsing hundreds of different sites, the tool tries to pare down the results to include the most reliable and accurate sources. After the mission is completed, you're presented with a detailed report listing all the sources consulted so you can double-check the information.
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In NotebookLM, you can influence Deep Research as little or as much as you want. You may prefer to sit back and watch while the tool carries out its research, or you could continue to add more sources or direct it to specific sites and files to help shape the final report.
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