by Google
NotebookLM
A notebook you load your own documents into, which then answers questions using only those documents and points at where the answer came from.
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What it is good at
Stands out for
- Answers are grounded in the documents you gave it, with a citation you can click.
- Much less inclined to invent than a general assistant, because it is restricted to your sources.
Where it falls down
- There are caps on how many documents and how much text a notebook holds.
- It is a place you visit, not something wired into where your files already live.
Jobs it is a candidate for
- Answer questions from my own files and documentsBuilt for this
This is the job it exists for, and it cites the passage every time.
- Read this long thing for me and tell me what mattersDoes this well
Good on a set of related documents rather than one at a time.
The details, and where they came from
- How is it priced?
- Free tier, then paid plansVendor saysSource
- Cheapest way to do the job for real, per month
- Not establishedNot checkedNo source recorded · No entry price has been established for this listing. Check the vendor's own pricing page.
- Is there a free tier good enough to try it?
- YesVendor saysSource
- Does it train on what you put in?
- We do not knowNot checkedNo source recorded
- Where is your data held?
- We do not knowNot checkedNo source recorded
- Can you get your data back out?
- We do not knowNot checkedNo source recorded
- Can you speak to a person if it goes wrong?
- We do not knowNot checkedNo source recorded
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Our assessment
We have not reviewed NotebookLM. It is listed because it is a genuine candidate for the jobs above, not because anyone here has judged it.
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