Your Personal Research Assistant: NotebookLM & Deep Research

Research, whether for a strategic plan, academic paper, or new policy, often means sifting through mountains of documents, articles, and data to find a few key insights. The sheer volume of information can lead to overload, making it difficult to synthesise information and focus on what truly matters. Fortunately, Gemini's advanced research tools are changing the game, turning a complex task into a streamlined, intuitive process.

At the heart of this transformation is NotebookLM, your personalised AI research and writing assistant. Unlike generic chatbots that rely on general internet knowledge, NotebookLM is grounded entirely in the information you provide, whether it's PDFs, Google Docs, websites, or even YouTube videos. It's a secure platform where your data remains private and is never used to train the model.

NotebookLM is designed to help you gain critical insights faster:

Effortless Summarisation	In-line Citations	Visualise Connections
It can instantly generate summaries of complex documents, helping you grasp the core ideas and key findings quickly.	Every response is backed by clear, in-line citations that link directly to the original source material, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and trust in the information you receive.	One of its most powerful features is the ability to instantly create Mind Maps that organise your sources for easy browsing. This allows you to grasp the overall structure and key themes of your source materials more easily, supporting student review and educator planning.

NotebookLM's capabilities extend beyond text. It is multimodal, allowing it to work across text, graphs, images, and audio. You can turn any file, even your research reports into an audio overview that you can listen to anytime, anywhere. A new feature, Video Overviews, will soon be able to turn your sources into engaging visual explainers that summarise key points.

This is complemented by Gemini Deep Research, a powerful feature that can automatically browse and analyse hundreds of websites to create insightful, multi-page reports in minutes. Deep Research is designed to tackle complex tasks by breaking them down, finding relevant information, and synthesising the findings into a comprehensive, logical report.

Awantec's Gen AI@Work training provides a hands-on module on NotebookLM, where you'll learn to analyse information from any source and leverage its powerful features for your research. By mastering these tools, you can save countless hours and dedicate more time to strategic thinking and innovation.

Ready to transform your organisation with AI? For a more comprehensive discussion on how our Gen AI@Work training can be tailored to your organisation’s needs, please reach out to Thevagi at thevagi.selvamaney@awantec.my.