After the latest NotebookLM update, I’m rethinking how much I trust AI

Every AI chatbot greets you with some variation of the same warning: “AI can make mistakes.” And if you’ve spent enough time using these tools, you’ve probably seen exactly why that disclaimer is there. Obviously, I’ve seen enough AI hallucinations over the years to become increasingly skeptical of taking anything an AI says at face value.

That’s why NotebookLM’s latest update has caught my attention. Even when I feed it nothing more than rough ideas, it manages to pull together surprisingly structured research. But that’s only a part of what’s new. The more I explored, the more I realized Google has turned NotebookLM into something much more adept than I expected.