Learn 80% of NotebookLM in Under 13 Minutes!

[@JeffSu]

➡ Grab my free AI Toolkit: academy.jeffsu.org/ai-toolkit? TIMESTAMPS 00:00 When to use NotebookLM 00:36 NotebookLM Basics 02:56 Step-by-step Workflow 06:00 Focused Knowledge Retrieval 08:09 Project Context Engine 09:46 Targeted Insights Studio 11:33 Beyond the Basics

[@NDIDIAHIAKWO]

No other person does it better than Jeff Su! Please, more pro-tips for this model.

[@JeffSu]

Will do 😁

[@MayChen0413]

The use cases are SO HELPFUL in simplifying new AI tools like NotebookLM. My favorite is the "Targeted Insights" one, applicable across fields.

[@JeffSu]

Wooohooooo thanks May!

[@ralf-de]

Many thanks for the video, Jeff. I discovered the following approach works for me: Once I’ve gathered the information from the sources, I can consolidate it into notes for new sources and then delete or free up the original ones. (this works for selected notes as well as for all notes)

[@JeffSu]

Excellent tip, thanks for sharing!

[@bowehj96]

That's a hard yes for more pro tips for NotebookLM, please! As always, great video

[@JeffSu]

Will do 😁

[@JellypodAi]

Love the bit "excelling not by creating new ideas, but by connecting the dots hidden in the noise of scattered sources." But some of those scattered sources are points of view in a person's head. Whether a podcaster, professor, scientists, business executive, how can we get the creator's POV out into the world as quickly as possible? -Jason, cofounder of Jellypod

[@JeffSu]

Ask everyone to be a creator :)

[@JellypodAi]

@@JeffSu Haha that's the goal! Plus give them the tools to create podcasts quickly and consistently.

[@arvindmathur6574]

Jeff, what a nice description of Notebook LM! Thank you!❤

[@JeffSu]

Anytime 😁

[@larms1000]

As I was watching this video my mind was wondering about all the possibilities I can use this for.... This is truly amazing, really appreciate the video.

[@lovelight1133]

Always providing value - thanks Jeff!

[@JeffSu]

My pleasure!

[@rahmi.digital]

Another easy to digest video, Jeff!!

[@JeffSu]

Woohoo thanks!

[@emanuels2475]

A blessing for my bachelor's thesis! Thanks for the tips!

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@jasonhindle4054]

When researching, I find it useful to ask questions of Perplexity, which usually leads to some pretty good sources.

[@JeffSu]

I love perplexity as well!

[@braxtengarcia]

Been patiently waiting for this one!

[@JeffSu]

Hope I didn't disappoint

[@PatrickDiDomenico]

Love your vids. Definitely the best in the tech space. Please keep them coming!

[@JeffSu]

Will do!

[@PatrickDiDomenico]

Thanks!

[@JeffSu]

😁😁

[@DecPlayPiano]

really useful info - thanks Jeff 😀

[@JeffSu]

My pleasure

[@michaellongfellow5259]

Off the charts value here; really appreciate how you pack compelling and relevant insight and razor sharp pro tips into concise use cases and explanations. And to boot, it's friendly, personal and approachable. Do you ever explain your video production methods and tools? It's extraordinary how energized, helpful and clear your tutorials are and I personally would love to understand your method. Thank you and keep up the great work. -M

[@JeffSu]

Thanks so much for the kind words Michael! You can find everything I use here: www.jeffsu.org/gear/

[@michaellongfellow5259]

@@JeffSu Thank you!

[@MayureshKadu]

I _did not_ notice that you could convert notes to a source. Nice one!

[@JeffSu]

No problem 😁

[@javisanchezs]

Wonderful video, Jeff!

[@JeffSu]

Woohoo thanks!

[@JeffSu]

Did you try using it?

[@dannyrunny]

this is highly insightful. Thanks Jeff!

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@Cesar-uk6rb]

Thank you Jeff!! Amazing view on it

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@diptoroy4881]

Finally, Jeff with NotebookLM🥰😎

[@JeffSu]

😁😁

[@mahoneytomagao1006]

Thank you Jeff. Please do more use cases...

[@JeffSu]

ok!

[@chandrakanthpadi]

Thanks for sharing another useful tool. It's like building and training a own AI model.

[@JeffSu]

I know right??

[@mr.alex_g-g]

I am sold!

[@niyizurugeronorbert6369]

Thank you! Please bring more tips

[@JeffSu]

WIll do 😁

[@ap_anuragpandey]

Excellent video!

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@CuriousDuckk]

Yo! Adding the user manuals is a great recommendation.

[@JeffSu]

I know right??

[@gmansi]

😮 Amazing video. Thanks a lot

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@harshpatel4431]

Great for people doing research and reading lots and lots of peer publication.

[@JeffSu]

Yes for sure!

[@gobaraGanesh]

Eagerly waiting

[@JeffSu]

for...?

[@kushagra6495]

This is fantastic🤩

[@JeffSu]

😁😁

[@AlfredBalaga]

Thanks for this, Jeff! Should the PDFs be OCR'd?

[@JeffSu]

What do you mean whether or not the PDFs "should be" OCR'd?

[@aka_hyperion]

I know people are getting tired of AI, but this is really cool. One question, can you train it to write like you?

[@JeffSu]

Add a source with your previous writing!

[@brianWreaves]

🏆 Now I'm off to give it a go...

[@JeffSu]

Let me know what you think!

[@RodBurkert]

Great video as usual. But does uploading Tim Ferriss’s book (or any other book) violate copyright law?

[@JeffSu]

Please let me know when/if you find the answer 😂

[@opryyo]

@Jeff Su, Nice video, gonna use it then, btw could you share the strategy notes which is quite interesting.

[@JeffSu]

What strategy notes?

[@opryyo]

@ the Ai strategy summary

[@antoniobento7538]

Thank you. What's the easiest way to add a podcast to Notebook? URL, mp3 file or the transcript obtained with other app?

[@JeffSu]

audio .wav file

[@elroyjacobs8126]

Love this!

[@elroyjacobs8126]

How do I combine multiple sources into one file??? I'm doing Master of Laws, so I have alot of sources per topic. Will notebook LM also pin point footnotes in the sources?

[@JeffSu]

Combine PDFs together or put them all in 1 google doc

[@AlfredBalaga]

Thanks for this, Jeff. Should the PDFs be OCR'd? Some LLMs have difficulty with PDFs that aren't OCR-ready.

[@JeffSu]

I'll be honest, I've never come across a situation where the PDF isn't "OCR-ready" can you give me an example?

[@AlfredBalaga]

@@JeffSu some PDFs are scanned and some characters can't be read. I might have used a wrong word. I meant vectorized PDF or PDFs that have passed through PDF to OCR vector tools. Experienced this with Claude wherein it said that it can't read anything with the uploaded data.

[@halinaboriszova8580]

Jeff, do you still use Chat GPT? If yes, in what cases? Thanks a lot for your insightful tips and recommendations 🙏🏻

[@JeffSu]

Did you watch my ChatGPT videos? 😅

[@elvisnotpresley]

More content like this!

[@JeffSu]

Will do 😁

[@JavierCasillas]

More NotebookLM please

[@JeffSu]

Will do!

[@eferrom]

Just a correction: the maximum number of sources is 50, not 20.

[@JeffSu]

Ah yes!!!! Thanks for the correction

[@BeDoHave2012]

For me notebookLM doesn't respect check boxes for sources. It's basically either all or nothing regardless of which ones are checked. I can't seem to get it to only acknowledge certain sources. Yes there's a long workaround create a new notebook but it's a PITA. You seeing the same problem?

[@revirdkcalb]

I noticed this as well, so I indeed always created a new notebook. But tbh, I haven't used it in a while. Maybe it has improved?

[@BeDoHave2012]

@revirdkcalb apparently unchecking specific sources works for chat, just not audio.

[@JeffSu]

Yea the audio overview takes all the sources into account for now

[@DomLobo]

A função de gerar um episo3de podcast personalizado explodiu minha mente.

[@DaTRUF69]

More use cases!

[@JeffSu]

Will do 😁

[@hacktivist]

Hey Jeff, do you think I can share anc connect my Notion 2nd brain to NotebookLM? 👀

[@JeffSu]

That would be an amazing integration haha

[@MrNeutronics]

What do you think the difference between NotebookLM and creating your own GPT?

[@JeffSu]

How would you be able to add different combinations of sources to a CustomGPT...?

[@MrNeutronics]

@ in the backend when you build it, you can upload files for sources. Along with also adding websites while using the gpt

[@JeffSu]

@@MrNeutronics Yes that's possible but I'd argue the vast majority of people won't want to do that and instead prefer the user-friendliness of notebookLM 😂

[@MrNeutronics]

@ lol I’m wondering which platform would have better output. I do agree that Notebook does have an easier user interface to set up

[@kuntalgo]

Hey Jeff is there an alternative tool for CleanShot X for Windows and Android?

[@JeffSu]

Not that I know of :(

[@dglave7352]

Can I write a business plan with this?

[@JeffSu]

If you have any business plans to reference of course!

[@HugoTrafalgar]

Amazing, I come from Bilibili.

[@JeffSu]

Welcome!

[@TheHistoryCode125]

0:17 Google colors

[@JeffSu]

Yesss 😁

[@IAmSam_TheMan]

🙏

[@balonm]

How about privacy? You put in it a lot of private data. Maybe it is not learning on it (are you sure?) but still you are uploading those docs into to the web...

[@JeffSu]

Personal preference I guess. I get more out of the tool than the risk of privacy issues so... yea

[@mohammedshawa9862]

Although I enjoyed the video I still have some reservations regarding the use cases that are shared. Some of the use cases highlighted promote sharing sensitive personal information e.g. medical records which shouldn't be shared with any AI/ML model regardless of the promises made by the parent company. There are plenty of sources that dive deeper into this topic but I just want you to be aware Jeff. Additionally sharing other people's personal info is also not a good practice e.g. name, address, phone number, etc on a candidate's resume. I suggest spending sometime to be more thoughtful about privacy and some best practices as your videos do influence the actions of a lot of viewers. Note that my goal is not to cause you to change this video or append additional info but rather influence future videos that may promote similar practices in the future. With that said I did leave a thumbs up!

[@BeDoHave2012]

Privacy has been dead. All that's left is an illusion. Might as well squeeze some benefits out of reality.

[@JeffSu]

This is great feedback, don't ever be afraid to be direct and upfront with me! 😁 That being said, I personally do believe Google when they say none of the sources are used to train their models so I stand by the examples in this video (for now)!

[@muhammednazim8779]

NotebookLM

[@JeffSu]

Yup

[@thesimplicitylifestyle]

Thank you for this extremely informative and helpful content... I also have a Huge... capacity to make Dad jokes! 😎🤖

[@JeffSu]

😂

[@Ali-ew9gv]

This tool will not stay free forever, think I would pay for it though if the package it with Gemini

[@JeffSu]

Hopefully it stays free...

[@spellsandstaves]

NotebookLM limits... 500K words per source 50 sources per notebook 25,000K (500K * 50) words for all sources in a notebook 1,000 notes per notebook 100,000 characters per note ( Per Note, Not Per Notebook ) 20 podcasts per 24 hour period

[@JeffSu]

Yes! Thanks for the correction!

[@sidddey]

I wasn’t using NotebookLM so far…

[@JeffSu]

But now...?

[@BijayLimbu]

50 sources per notebook.

[@JeffSu]

Yes! Thanks for the catching that!

[@JamesThatcher]

so it's not just for making cringy podcasts :D

[@JeffSu]

yea I think audio overviews (as it is now) is a bit gimmicky

[@DanielleFalk-r3b]

It would be helpful for learners if you slowed down a bit. Your explanation is way too speedy, so it's not useful for those who might need it in my class.

[@JeffSu]

What about the people who complain when I go too slow? :(

[@val-t2o]

mate your videos can be super helpful but those innuendos and 'shout out to the ladies' are a little off-beat

[@JeffSu]

Thanks! But yea no I'm not gonna change my personality 😂

[@viiixi25]

@@JeffSu”60% of the time, it works every time!”

[@leticiabriscoe24]

@@JeffSu that comment had me watching and waiting for you to be a creep but you only joke about yourself and I think it’s quite quirky and not creepy at all. You’re right. Don’t change. 😊

[@QueenpreneurRachel]

Excellent video. Please do more on Notebookllm. Not a lot of quality videos out about it. Such a powerful tool

[@JeffSu]

Thanks and will do 😁

[@IAmSam_TheMan]

🙏