NotebookLM Rebrands to Gemini Notebook with New Code Execution and Cloud Features
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook
We are renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook to better reflect its place within our AI family. This standalone research tool now features a secure cloud computer that allows you to run code directly for deeper data analysis. You can also sync your notebooks seamlessly across the Gemini app and Google Search, making your research smarter and more connected than ever before.
Just like a physical notebook, your digital notebooks should go wherever you work.
- d4rkp4ttern
When notebookLM was new, it was interesting to listen to the podcasts. Then the novelty wore off, and I wanted something where I can interact with the podcasters but it was janky as hell.
My current “audio-learning” hack is ChatGPT Live which has become shockingly good after being awful compared to Claude Voice
(Let’s not even talk about Gemini voice which is still bad).
I go on a walk and dump a paper or article link in the chat, and ask chatGPT Live to walk me through the content in small nuggets, so I can discuss them interactively. For deeper topics I have it quiz me Socratic style so I’m not just passively listening, and actually thinking through problems or ideas.
- mistakevin
I've been working on https://notebooker.ai if anyone is interested in giving some feedback. I tried to post a Show HN yesterday with details about how I built it, but was auto-flagged and not sure what rules I broke. Everything that I've built on top of open-notebook, like the plugin system for your own "creators" (aka, podcasts, infographics, etc) is at https://github.com/Notebooker-ai plus a Cloudflare Worker AI deployer to play with different models. Been working on it for about six months.
- freedomben
I wondered when the name change was coming as NotebookLM felt a bit out of place brand-wise. Still would have been killer if they called it "Bard Notebook"
- rhipitr
Any people with insight on why this happens? From my corporate experience this generally happens when two teams are working on a similar thing, they complain about turf to leadership, and leadership either makes them consolidate efforts or chooses a winner. Is that what happens at Google a lot? Or do they just constantly tweak things to the point they cease to live or be used?
- drusepth
Very, very, very excited to hopefully stop getting support emails at Notebook.ai for people trying to get help with NotebookLM.
Gemini Notebook is a way better name for the masses.
- aanet
I fear the upcoming changes... It ALWAYS starts with a name change, then more useless features, more ensh*ttification, then users flee, then the product is killed.
Google:
- Hangout
- Chat
- Meets
- Duo
- ...
- jillesvangurp
It seems Google is repeating it's mistakes of chat apps (they had gazillions of those at some point) with AI. There are just way too many tools that they are pushing. And none of them address the glaring issue that most of their users end up using Codex or Claude Cowork instead. Google is failing hard at convincing their own users that they are as good. They seem to have a lot of fragmented efforts that don't really add up to good enough.
- Alien1Being
I used it to listen to a high level walkthrough of interesting and entertaining code while driving to work.
Of course I then read the source myself afterwards.
So far I have used it for the Plan 9 C code for ed and for the C source for Karpathy's toy llm. I plan to use it later today for the ed source from Unix Ver 1 in the original PDP 7 assembly code.
Hearing it talk about Ken Thompson's bit stealing trick was enlightening.
Since I am not a C programmer, getting a bird's eye view first is useful.