Google Now Lets You Talk to NotebookLM’s AI-Generated Podcasters [Video]

You can now talk to Google NotebookLM’s AI-generated podcast hosts.

Launched in September, NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews allows you to create an AI-generated podcast based on the text you feed into the app, whether it’s a newspaper article, an academic paper, or a childhood diary.

Using your voice, you can now interrupt a NotebookLM-produced podcast to ask the AI hosts for more details or request that they explain a concept differently. Google says it’s like having “a personal tutor” who listens to you and responds directly.

To try the new tool, open NotebookLM, and head to Create a New Audio Overview. Tap the new Interactive Mode (BETA) button and hit play. While listening, tap “Join,” and a host will call on you so you can ask a question.

Don’t expect a perfectly polished experience. Google warns that the tool is still an “experimental feature” and that the AI hosts may “pause awkwardly” or even “introduce inaccuracies.”

Google also announced several other updates for NotebookLM, …