I found an open-source NotebookLM alternative that's powerful, private - and free

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Open Notebook is an open-source take on NotebookLM.
• Open Notebook can be installed and used for free.
• You do have to understand Linux and containers to deploy it.

NotebookLM has become an incredibly popular tool for research, organizing, interacting with documents, generating summaries, creating flashcards, and producing tailored reports. With NotebookLM, you can add your own sources and then use AI to make informative connections between those sources, which leads to an even better understanding of the material. NotebookLM only works on uploaded material, so you control the sources.

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