NotebookLM can soon have textbooks as a source

LM notebook It is one of the most interesting Artificial intelligence tools There, with little competition to speak of. Although it can be used by anyone, Google is very focused on tools that students can take advantage of, and may receive a new feature to make it more powerful for those looking to learn.

the twinAn AI-powered search assistant tool is different because it only uses the sources you provide it with as data. Compare this to something like a standard Gemini AI chatbot, which will search the entire internet to find the answer to your question – and the internet is full of conflicting information. If your sources don’t have the answer, NotebookLM will not attempt to prepare an answer for you.

According to a Threads post from the AI-focused technology site Test catalogue On Wednesday, NotebookLM might get a new resource you can add: textbooks. If and when this tool arrives, it could open up a whole world of ways students can use the tool as a study companion.

Textbooks will join a growing number of source options for NotebookLM. You can actually add files, websites, audio clips, Google Play Books, and more. Now, do you want to add an academic textbook to the test you need to cram into? This sounds like a win for all students.

Testing Catalog shared a screenshot showing textbooks as an option as a resource, but little is known about what it actually entails. Since you can basically scan the pages of any book and add them as a resource, it seems like there might be some sort of partnership in play here.

last year, Google has partnered with OpenStaxa provider of free, peer-reviewed textbooks, when it introduced public notebooks. It remains to be seen whether the new source option is limited to OpenStax textbooks or whether another partnership is in the works.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.