Eric Curts has released a NotebookLM on AI Policy Guides:

I recently collected over 40 of the best examples I have come across from states, schools, and organizations, and uploaded them all into a public notebook in NotebookLM.

Having done this myself but with ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Perplexity, and BoodleBox Bots, I can’t wait to see when Eric connects the NotebookLM to a Google Gem. With those creations in mind, I confess I am as guilty,  if not more so. That confession will make more sense in a bit….

Content Curation in NotebookLM

This ability to curate content in NotebookLM repository (an example of retrieval augmented generation) then attaching that NotebookLM as the knowledge source to a Gem is incredible. A Gem is limited to 10 items or files, while a NotebookLM can have many more items.

When you attach a NotebookLM to a Gem, it only takes up “one” of the ten available files. I have made some Gems for my upcoming workshop and I am amazed how I was able to quickly attach several NotebookLM notebooks to a single Gem. I plan to demo one of my Gems today during a session. It has several NotebookLM repositories attached to it.

It’s mind-boggling to imagine what will be possible in just a few years. Imagine video creations that you can interact with. Alas, the data centers, water consumption,  rising electricity costs must temper our wonder, too.

A Small Detail

That aside, one of the challenges with creating visible repositories like NotebookLM is that you get a list of sources…and the question that always comes up, “Did you get permission from copyright holders to put their work in a GenAI tool like NotebookLM and/or Gemini?”

Having done this myself, I am doubtful.  One can only hope people are more understanding.  We are all feeding the AI chat bots, engines, with whatever content is relevant to make our stochastic parrots more predictable. Please forgive us.