Gemini Notebook, formerly known as NotebookLM, is getting a new feature that lets you directly access and cite information from the books you own. Or Google refers to for this new service called Expert Intelligence and the whole idea behind it is pretty clear. Instead of quoting information from uploaded sources or gathering information from the internet, you can now extract knowledge from purchased digital books.
Of course, you must own the book after purchasing it from the Google Play Books library. For now, Google is offering a free book to US users as part of the launch campaign, with the stipulation that “while supplies last.” Currently, Expert Intelligence is only available in the Gemini Notebook app and its web dashboard, but Google says it will appear in the core Gemini app and AI mode in Search later.
The broad idea behind Expert Intelligence is to combine what you can already do with Gemini and expertise from your favorite books. So, if you ask Gemini to create a meal plan based entirely on chicken and spinach, you can ask the AI assistant to find matching recipes in one of Martha Stewart’s cookbooks you’ve created. You can use these books as a resource and turn them into infographics, audio reviews, quizzes, and more.
Expert Intelligence is available today and is open to books from big names like Bloomsbury, De Gruyter Brill, Johns Hopkins University Press, Macmillan Publishers, O’Reilly Media and Penguin Random House, with more than 100,000 titles.
Google has partnered with some authors to create featured notebooks that provide additional insight beyond their books. The feature is pretty neat, but it’s not an open buffet. For example, if you create a shared Gemini notebook, other people with access must also own or purchase a copy of the book to fully use Expert Intelligence.
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