Google introduced NotebookLM for the first time last year, at Google I/O 2023, and not long after that she started opening up access to this tool, which may not be the most talked about, but which has incredible potential. I actually wanted to get on the waiting list to get access to the experiment as this is the current state of this tool. But unfortunately, it could only be accessed from the United States.

But hey, it’s best to start by explaining what this tool consists of, because, as I said before, it hasn’t gained as much popularity as others, which is probably due to its limited availability. To summarize, NotebookLM is a tool that combines LLM capabilities with a high level of customization this would allow us to select exclusively the resources that interest us at all times.

To give an example to help understand this, imagine that you have collected information on a certain topic (for example, all your notes from a certain subject) and you would like to be able to “feed” LLM, in this case Gemini 1.5 Pro, with yourself , so from this point on you can ask all kinds of questions about the information you have collected in them. And this is essential, only with the information you have chosen, without other sources, and in addition, with constant references to the origin of the data you get in the answers to your questions. Sounds interesting, right? Well, that’s exactly what NotebookLM is..

Well, the first good news is that, as confirmed by Google, NotebookLM is now accessible from Spain, so you can (and after trying it, I highly recommend it) go to its homepage and waitlist from there, because yes, access is still limited at this point. And while it’s just a personal theory, I think that since they’ve just expanded their territorial reach, it’s likely that they’ve secured the necessary resources to start offering access sooner rather than later, at least to the first users who sign up. on the waiting list.

Moreover, we are also hand in hand with this international expansion NotebookLM update with new features is coming like the highly anticipated Notebook Guide feature. Here are the news announced by Google:

• New font formatse: NotebookLM now supports Google Slides and website URLs in addition to Google Docs, PDFs, and text files.
• Now an online dating siteoutput directly to the corresponding passages from your sourcesto make it easier to confirm AI answers or dig deeper into the original text.
• Function Notebook Guide it opens up a new dimension of understanding your resources as you can transform them into other very useful formats such as FAQs, briefings or study guides.

So at the same time as the debut in Spain, the possibilities of the instrument, which in my opinion is today the most recommended option for scientists, students, researchers, journalists and generally any user who needs the features offered by a chatbot, but with absolute control over the information they receive when answering our questions.

And yes, quite an important aspect, since many uses of NotebookLM involve the use of information that may require a certain level of privacy, Google guarantees that any data you use in this tool They will not be used for model training or other purposes.

Soon, We will publish a practical guide telling you how to use NotebookLM and in which you can also check to what extent the resources we have selected for each notebook are important.