NotebookLM Review: Bring Your Own Sources to This Ultrapractical Google AI Tool

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• Generates AI insights with your own data
• Wide variety of tools and uses

• Limited to Google's AI models
• Not private or stored on your device

Editor's note: NotebookLM is unlike other AI tools. While some tools want to be your AI playground and allow you to do a little bit of everything, NotebookLM delivers on what it promises, which is to help you learn and understand your data better. What started as a small Google experiment is now possibly the most practical AI product, which is why it received a CNET Editors' Choice award.