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Make Google’s NotebookLM your productivity booster
In this edition: Ideas to try with Google’s NotebookLM, AI assistant, OpenAI’s investors, and more.
Welcome to Stay Ahead #43 from FlexOS!
Every Wednesday, we share the latest tools and tips to help you work smarter, not harder.
In this week’s edition:
- News of the Week: The latest AI updates that will directly impact your work.
- Productivity Tools: Apps and tools to boost your productivity.
- Must-read News: Amazon releases a video generator.
- Job Board: Future-forward remote roles.
Let’s dive in!
Google’s NotebookLM is living up to the hype
Google’s NotebookLM is an interesting case. It didn’t go viral at the time it went out, but rather blew up after some time people actually used and were impressed with it.
People started discussing what they could do with Notebook LM after Google launched the audio overview, where you can listen to 2 hosts talking in-depth about the documents you upload. Here are what it can do:
- Summarization: Automatically generate summaries of uploaded documents, highlighting key topics and suggesting relevant questions.
- Question Answering: Users can ask NotebookLM questions about their uploaded documents, and answers will be provided based on the information contained within them.
- Idea Generation: NotebookLM can assist with brainstorming and developing new ideas.
- Source Grounding: A big plus against AI chatbot hallucination, NotebookLM allows users to ground its responses in specific documents they choose.
- Citation and Fact-Checking: NotebookLM provides citations for its responses, linking back to the specific passages in the source documents where the information is found.
- Note-Taking: NotebookLM provides a dedicated noteboard space where users can save interesting exchanges with the AI, pin quotes from their sources, or write their own notes.
- Audio Overview: NotebookLM can create audio summaries of uploaded sources, featuring two AI hosts discussing the material in a conversational format. You can listen to a “podcast” about my Master Thesis here (it’s pretty in-depth and on point), and play around with the original document on NotebookLM here.
- Wide Range of Supported Formats: NotebookLM supports various file types, including Google Docs, PDFs, text files, Google Slides, and web URLs.
Ideas to try with NotebookLM
Idea 1: Research Assistant:
- Upload/link the existing papers and brainstorm how they can be relevant to your own research topic.
- Get relevant quotes and statistics on a certain topic.
- Upload your work-in-progress paper and get suggestions on how to improve the structure, what the key argument NotebookLM can identify is, and how to strengthen your ideas.
- Share your NotebookLM with your teammate and do research together in the same workspace.
Idea 2: Study Companion
- Upload all your course materials and ask NotebookLM to turn them into Question-and-Answer format, a glossary, or a study guide.
- Get a breakdown of the course materials to understand them better.
Idea 3: Content Creation
- Upload documents, link to relevant videos, images, and articles, and ask NotebookLM to create social media posts or video scripts based on all the materials.
- Share your NotebookLM on your thesis or writing to let other people interact and learn about your work.
Idea 4: Strategic Advisor
- Upload your meeting transcripts with the team or the clients to see what the key messages NotebookLM can take out of those discussions. This can help you evaluate the effectiveness of the meeting.
- Ask NotebookLM to improve your call script or meeting agenda to better emphasize your messages and arguments.
Idea 5: Personalized Audiobook
- Upload research papers, articles, or books and listen tothe breakdown of complex topics on the go.
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The ChatGPT Voice Update We Have Been Waiting For
The long-awaited ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode has been rolled out (except for the EU, the UK, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein).
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The article highlights investor enthusiasm in OpenAI's $6 billion funding round, reflecting confidence in the company's future growth and AI leadership.
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The article discusses how emerging managers are using generative AI to drive innovation, improve decision-making, and streamline operations, marking a shift in traditional management practices.
How AI Can Radically Reshape Work (with BCG’s Managing Director Debbie Lovich)
Debbie Lovich, the Managing Director of BCG, provides insights into how AI is transforming the nature of work, from automating routine tasks to enabling more strategic roles, and what leaders need to do to adapt.
JOBS TO LEVEL UP
We want you to thrive at work, and do it from wherever you want. Here are the this week’s remote and hybrid jobs that caught our attention:
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More Exciting Remote Job Opportunities
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Need more options? RemoteOK, Jobgether, WeWorkRemotely, and FlexJobs are great places to get vetted remote-friendly roles.
→ Also, check out our guide on “How to Get a Remote Job Today.”
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