Google's NotebookLM can gather your research sources for you now - and it's free

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Google's NotebookLM is a handy note-taking service, ideal for putting together any type of project that requires extensive research. Normally, you have to gather and add the necessary sources, which NotebookLM then incorporates into your project. Now, the service promises to save you even more time by collecting the right sources on its own. Also: Gemini Pro 2.5 is one of only two AIs to crush all my coding tests - and it's free In a blog post published Wednesday, Google announced a new NotebookLM tool known as Discover. Instead of manually scouring the web for the right sources, just describe the topic you're researching. NotebookLM surfs the web on its own and automatically creates a curated list of relevant sources. How it works Explain your topic, and NotebookLM looks at hundreds of possible online sources. After analyzing them all, the AI displays the names and brief summaries for the 10 it considers the most relevant. You can impo ... Read full article.