Google announced on Thursday a significant upgrade to its AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM, bringing users a smarter and more personalized experience. This update focuses mainly on the highly anticipated audio overview feature, allowing users to guide the AI-generated conversation content more precisely, concentrating on specific topics rather than just generating comprehensive audio summaries. Since its launch last month, the audio overview feature of NotebookLM has rapidly gained popularity due to its podcast-like AI-generated conversation format, with many users beginning to share their experiences on social media.

Recently, Google's AI note-taking application NotebookLM introduced a cool new feature that allows users to easily extract key information from YouTube videos without watching them from start to finish, helping everyone gain a deeper understanding of video content quickly. The process is quite simple: NotebookLM analyzes the transcribed text of the videos, including automatically generated text, to distill the key information. It's very easy to use; just add the YouTube link to Notebook.

Google has launched an AI-generated search summary feature in six countries, enhancing user navigation by prominently displaying citation links next to the summaries. Mobile users can easily view the links. The new save feature allows users to retain summaries, while simplified buttons make it easier to handle complex content. This feature faced issues with inappropriate suggestions when launched in the U.S., but Google has adjusted and removed inappropriate content, emphasizing the importance of a strict evaluation process and user feedback, and is committed to the continuous optimization of the feature.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced the upcoming testing of an AI-driven search results page, aimed at helping users find interesting content and explore related communities more easily through AI-generated content summaries. This new feature will combine Reddit's own technologies with third-party technologies for experimentation, with a testing phase expected to begin later this year. Additionally, Reddit has collaborations with OpenAI and Google in the AI space to build AI functionalities and translation services, with AI translation performing exceptionally well among French users.

Google recently announced a series of new AI features based on Gemini for Gmail, aimed at completely transforming the user email management experience. This initiative not only marks a significant upgrade for Gmail but also reflects Google's ongoing efforts in the field of AI applications.

Particle.news is a startup led by former Twitter engineers, aiming to use artificial intelligence to provide a personalized, 'multi-perspective' news reading experience. The service offers news summaries, a timeline feature, and news sources from different political realms. Particle has not yet shared its business model, but has received funding from Kindred Ventures, Adverb Ventures, and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams.

Salesforce has launched Slack AI aimed at streamlining workflows. Features of Slack AI include channel reviews, conversation summaries, and answer searches to enhance productivity and simplify collaboration. It introduces a list and updated workflow builder to meet the needs of enterprise users. The features will be rolled out next year, while the workflow builder is already available.

Newegg utilizes ChatGPT to provide online review summaries, helping consumers quickly understand feedback from other customers. The AI-generated review summaries will be presented in phrases and paragraphs, offering keywords and detailed information. The launch of this feature will significantly streamline the shopping experience for consumers, enabling them to browse authentic customer feedback more efficiently and find products that suit them faster.