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NotebookLM now offers slide deck and infographic features.
They're available to all subscribers.
It remains to be seen whether they will help or hinder learning.
As a reporter covering AI, I've had to get used to feeling deeply impressed and a little unsettled. There are few tools that have evoked this strange cocktail of emotions in me more than Google's NotebookLM.
Having debuted just a little over two years ago, the platform feels like an early glimmer of what truly useful AI will look like in the future. If you've never tried it, think of it like a study or research assistant that can quickly generate materials that fit your particular learning style, and that can (in theory) accelerate the process of you coming to grips with a new subject.
Also: I found an open-source NotebookLM alternative that's powerful, private - and free
On Thursday, Google announced in posts on NotebookLM's dedicated X account that the platform had been updated with new slide decks and infographics features. They were initially available exclusively to Google AI Pro subscribers -- a plan which comes with a one-month free trial before a $20 per month cost kicks in -- but the company announced in another X post Friday that they've been rolled out to all users.
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