4月3日，谷歌旗下的人工智能笔记应用NotebookLM推出了一项令人瞩目的新功能——“发现资料”（Discover sources），这一功能的推出有望显著提升学生和研究人员在资料收集方面的效率。
以往，用户在使用NotebookLM时，需要手动添加PDF文件、谷歌文档或幻灯片、网站链接、YouTube视频链接或粘贴文本等资料，才能使用该应用的诸如音频概览（Audio Overviews）和思维导图（Mind Maps）等功能。然而，如今这种情况已发生改变。
完美岛AI注意到，谷歌通过其官方博客The Keyword宣布了这一新功能。在Gemini技术的支持下，NotebookLM能够自动为用户搜索网络上的资料，从而节省用户手动查找资料的时间和精力。用户只需打开一个新笔记本或现有的笔记本，在资料面板中，除了传统的“添加资料”按钮外，现在还新增了一个“发现资料”按钮。
点击该按钮后，会出现一个带有“您感兴趣的是什么？”提示的文本框。用户只需在文本框中具体描述自己想要查找的内容，然后点击提交按钮。NotebookLM将在几秒钟内搜索数百个潜在的网络资源，对它们进行分析，并根据用户的话题筛选出最相关的资料。最终，它会整理出一份最多包含10个推荐资料的列表，并附上解释其相关性的摘要。用户可以勾选想要导入笔记本的资料，然后点击导入按钮。
此外，用户还可以像往常一样在NotebookLM中使用这些资料，无论是生成音频概览、思维导图、常见问题解答（FAQs）、问答（Q&As）、快速摘要，还是提问等。对于那些想要随机学习新知识的用户，NotebookLM还提供了一个“好奇心驱动”（I’m feeling curious）按钮，它可以随机生成一个主题的资料。
谷歌在博客中提到，这只是NotebookLM利用Gemini收集相关资料功能系列中的第一个。这一新功能从即日起开始向所有NotebookLM用户推出，预计将在一周内全面上线。
尽管有人可能会担心NotebookLM可能会出现信息“幻觉”（即生成不准确或虚假的信息），但目前来看，这一问题尚未出现。无论如何，这一新功能的推出无疑是NotebookLM在提升用户体验和功能实用性方面迈出的一大步，也让人们对其未来发展充满期待。
On April 3, Google’s artificial intelligence note-taking application NotebookLM introduced a remarkable new feature called “Discover sources”. This feature is expected to significantly enhance the efficiency of students and researchers in gathering information.
Previously, when using NotebookLM, users had to manually add materials such as PDF files, Google Docs or slides, website links, YouTube video links, or pasted text before they could utilize the application’s functions like Audio Overviews and Mind Maps. However, this situation has now changed.
Perfect Island AI has noticed that Google announced this new feature through its official blog, The Keyword. With the support of Gemini technology, NotebookLM can automatically search for information on the web for users, thereby saving time and effort that would otherwise be spent on manual searches. Users simply need to open a new or existing notebook. In the materials panel, in addition to the traditional “Add materials” button, there is now a new “Discover materials” button.
After clicking this button, a text box with the prompt “What are you interested in?” will appear. Users just need to specifically describe what they are looking for in the text box and then click the submit button. NotebookLM will search hundreds of potential online resources within a few seconds, analyze them, and filter out the most relevant materials based on the user’s topic. Finally, it will compile a list of up to 10 recommended materials and attach a summary explaining their relevance. Users can check the materials they want to import into the notebook and then click the import button.
Moreover, users can still use these materials in NotebookLM as before, whether it’s to generate audio overviews, mind maps, frequently asked questions (FAQs), question and answer sessions (Q&As), quick summaries, or ask questions. For those who want to randomly learn new knowledge, NotebookLM also provides a “Curiosity Driven” (I’m feeling curious) button that can randomly generate materials for a topic.
Google mentioned in the blog that this is just the first of a series of features for NotebookLM to collect relevant information using Gemini. This new feature is being rolled out to all NotebookLM users starting from today and is expected to be fully launched within a week.
Although some people may worry that NotebookLM might produce information “hallucinations” (i.e., generating inaccurate or false information), so far, this problem has not appeared. In any case, the launch of this new feature is undoubtedly a major step forward for NotebookLM in improving user experience and functional practicality, and it also fills people with anticipation for its future development.