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.

1. BoodleBox Bots:
   • AI-Powered Plan Analyzer: Generates assessment rubrics, scores District Tech Plans, and guides tech project planning and de-implementation, with specific executive summary utilization and KPI guidance.
   • Compass School AI Policy Builder: An AI guide for schools to help create custom AI policies tailored to unique district needs. It analyzes existing documents and local regulations to propose AI policy templates for K-12 educational settings.
   • PROTECT Privacy Policy Assessments for EdTech and Gen AI: Evaluates educational tech policies using the TCEA PROTECT rubric.
2. ChatGPT Creations:
   • TCEA AI Strategist
   • TCEA Strategic Insights (5/2025)
   • TCEA Beacon (2/2025)
   • Compass School AI Policy Guide
   • TCEA PROTECT: Student Privacy Shield
   • TCEA AI-Powered Technology Plan Analyzer
   • AI Adoption Phase Assessor

With those creations in mind, I confess I am as guilty,  if not more so. I haven’t included the Perplexity Spaces where I created the majority of those first. I suppose the next step is to make those into a Google NotebookLM…and the fact that a lot of the info is changing, as is the stance many organizations are taking in regards to this topic.

(and, that guilty 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.

Gemini Organization of Drive

This feature makes it so easy for beginners to start seizing the benefits of RAG, then making an easy to query interface. Google has also elegantly made it a simple matter to organize Google Gemini Gem support files in Drive. This is a better solution than a ChatGPT list of 20 something files.

You get folders in Drive and Gemini helps you organize those Gem files. Here’s what an organized Gemini Looks like:

I can’t help but wonder, “What happens to those who don’t have access to helpful tools like this for their work?” 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.  I recall some authors calling me on it when I shared a Gen AI. The problem?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.

Kudos to Eric for the content duration of over 40 sources. What have you curated into an AI lately? That may be the new, “What is your latest project?” at a gathering of geeks, which I count myself one.