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The NotebookLM app now offers new customization options.
The platform is positioned as an AI-powered research assistant.
More updates can be expected soon, according to the platform.
The NotebookLM mobile app just got a little more customizable.
You can now specify more elements within the Google-owned platform's Audio Overview tool, which debuted in September of last year. Users can adjust the length of generated responses (shorter, default, or longer -- currently available only in English), and customize outputs with "guiding prompts," according to a Thursday X post. Guiding prompts are already available on desktop.
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In an accompanying demo video, a user is shown selecting a shorter response, and adds the prompt: "How are Newton's three laws of motion demonstrated in the launch of a rocket?" After clicking the underlying "Generate" button, the system quickly outputs a brief AI-generated audio clip featuring the platform's two signature voices, one higher and one lower, interacting in a podcast-style conversation and discussing the physics of rocket flight.
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