Google recently introduced a new feature for NotebookLM called Audio Overview, which is going viral. With this feature, users can input a link, article, or document, and the AI assistant generates a podcast featuring two AI commentators engaged in a lively ‘deep dive’ discussion on the topic. They summarise the material, make connections between subjects, and banter back and forth.
“It’s possible that NotebookLM podcast episode generation is touching on a whole new territory of highly compelling LLM product formats. Feels reminiscent of ChatGPT. Maybe I’m overreacting,” quipped former OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, highly impressed by the product.
He couldn’t stop praising it. “Deep Dive is now my favourite podcast. The more I listen, the more I feel like I’m becoming friends with the hosts, and I think this is the first time I’ve actually viscerally liked an AI. Two AIs! They are fun, engaging, thoughtful, open-minded, and curious. Okay, I’ll stop now.”
Karpathy even curated a new …