Google continues its renaming streak by turning NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook
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Google has rebranded its AI research tool NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, enhancing interactivity with coding execution for data analysis.
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Google has rebranded its AI research tool NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, enhancing interactivity with coding execution for data analysis. The update is available to Google AI Ultra plan users and Workspace business customers, impacting over 30 million users and 600,000 organizations.
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- NotebookLM is now called Gemini Notebook, aligning with Google's branding strategy.
- The tool has grown to 30 million users and over 600,000 organizations since its launch.
- New features include secure notebook containers and interactive coding capabilities.
- The update is available to Google AI Ultra and Workspace business customers.
- Users can access notebooks through the Gemini app and soon via AI Mode in search.
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Google might launch an AI product with one name during its experimental phase, but it will eventually tie it all to Gemini. In the latest example of this trend, the company is renaming its AI-powered research product NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook. The company is also adding features to make the tool more interactive by infusing coding execution for data analysis.
The company first showed off NotebookLM during Google IO in 2023 as Project Tailwind, and since then, it has made it into a product used by 30 million people and over 600,000 organizations. In the last three years, the company has added capabilities, like interactive podcast generation, curated notebooks, video overviews, support for more file types, and an enterprise plan.
Because of NotebookLM, other companies and startups have added capabilities for podcast generation from source material and research tools.
Along with renaming, Google is rolling out a new update that makes each notebook its own secure container, in which users can generate code to make outputs interactive. It noted that with code execution ability, users can tap into multiple sources and create complex data analysis directly within the tool.
The company said the update is available to Google AI Ultra paid plan users, along with Workspace business customers with AI Ultra Access and AI Expanded Access. Pro users will get access to this feature in the coming weeks.
Google said that users can already look at their notebooks within the Gemini app, and soon, they will be able to access them through AI Mode in search.
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