You can now give NotebookLM more instructions - here's why that's a game changer

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Google upgraded NotebookLM's performance, key features, and security.
• Users can now tell chat how to interpret their documents.
• All users can access these features by next week.

Google's NotebookLM is one of our favorite AI tools, thanks to its organizational features and workflow improvements. However, one of the tool's weaknesses thus far has been that users couldn't control how the integrated chatbot communicated and organized their workflow documents. 

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In a blog post published Wednesday, Google said users can now customize chat to adopt a specific role, voice, or goal, further tailoring their experience.

How it works 

Users can click the configuration icon in the chat feature and explain how they want their chat ...