Google AI Tool Now Reads Ebooks to Help Your Business

Google has quietly rolled out a handy upgrade to its artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Gemini Notebook. If you've been following AI news, you might remember it as NotebookLM. Think of it as your personal digital assistant that can sift through loads of information to help you understand things faster.

The big news is that Gemini Notebook can now handle ebooks. Previously, it could summarise and analyse your notes, documents, and even web links. Now, you can feed it entire books, and it'll help you extract key ideas, summarise chapters, or find specific information within those lengthy texts. This is a game-changer for anyone who deals with a lot of written material, from business reports to research papers.

Google is calling the underlying technology "Expert Intelligence." While the name sounds a bit technical, what it really means is that the AI is getting smarter at understanding complex information and connecting the dots. It's designed to act like a knowledgeable colleague, helping you make sense of large amounts of text without having to read every single word yourself.

For small business owners, this could mean quickly getting up to speed on new industry trends from an ebook, finding specific advice in a business guide, or even understanding market research more efficiently. Imagine needing to reference something in a 300-page book – instead of flicking through pages, you could just ask the AI, and it would point you to the answer. It's about saving time and getting to the core information faster.

While this feature might not be as flashy as some of the AI breakthroughs we hear about, its practical applications are significant. It’s another step towards AI becoming a genuinely useful tool for everyday tasks, helping Australians, especially those running businesses, manage information overload and work smarter, not harder.