I turned a YouTube video into flashcards with NotebookLM - here's how

"Google's NotebookLM is one of our favorite AI tools for productivity, and it just got several upgrades just in time for finals season. Users can now create flashcards and quizzes with the NotebookLM app, which also now has a four-fold larger context window and six-fold longer conversation memory. Also: I used NotebookLM for an entire month - here's why it really is a game changer How it works According to Google, the most significant update to NotebookLM this week is the addition of flashcards and quizzes to further your learning on the go."

"Google says the new feature can help users memorize key terms, dates, and concepts by pulling from their uploaded sources. Also: You can now give NotebookLM more instructions - here's why that's a game changer Users can use flashcards to test their knowledge and challenge themselves with quizzes, as well as customize topics, difficulty, and the number of cards within the flashcard deck."

"They can temporarily add or remove sources within NotebookLM while using the chat or Studio tabs, ensuring responses are based on relevant sources. NotebookLM's chat improvements allow users to customize chat to achieve a specific goal or adopt a unique voice or role. For example, users can direct chat to act as a scrutinizing professor or analyze their provided sources from multiple perspectives."

NotebookLM now creates flashcards and quizzes from uploaded PDFs, audio, websites, YouTube videos, and copied text to help memorize key terms, dates, and concepts. Users can customize topics, difficulty, and deck size and can temporarily add or remove sources while using chat or Studio so responses are based on relevant material. The app expanded its context window four-fold and extended conversation memory six-fold. Chat can be tailored to specific goals or voices, such as a scrutinizing professor or multi-perspective analyst. Users should verify AI-generated claims because hallucinations remain a risk. Generated flashcards cannot be edited after creation.

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