Behind the product: NotebookLM | Raiza Martin (Senior Product Manager, AI @ Google Labs)

Name: Behind the product: NotebookLM | Raiza Martin (Senior Product Manager, AI @ Google Labs)
Uploaded: 2024-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
Description: Raiza Martin is a senior product manager for AI at Google Labs, where she leads the team behind NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool that includes a delightful podcast-on-demand

Raiza Martin is a senior product manager for AI at Google Labs, where she leads the team behind NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool that includes a delightful podcast-on-demand feature called “Audio Overviews.” NotebookLM started as a 20% project and has grown into a product that’s spreading across social media and has a Discord server with over 60,000 users. Raiza previously worked on AI Test Kitchen and has a background in startups, payments, and ads. In our conversation, we discuss: • The origin story of NotebookLM • The future road map for NotebookLM • How Google Labs operates differently from the rest of Google • The development of the “Audio Overviews” feature • Key metrics and growth of NotebookLM • Stories about collaborating with author Steven Johnson • Navigating potential misuse of AI technology — Brought to you by: • Explo — Embed customer-facing analytics in your product: https://explo.co/lenny • Sprig⁠⁠ — Build products for people, not data points: https://sprig.com/getstarted?utm_sour... • Sidebar — Accelerate your career by surrounding yourself with extraordinary peers: https://www.sidebar.com/lenny?utm_sou... Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/go... Where to find Raiza Martin: • X: https://x.com/raiza_abubakar • LinkedIn: / whatsaraiza Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com • X: / lennysan • LinkedIn: / lennyrachitsky In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Introduction to NotebookLM (05:43) The genesis of NotebookLM (08:08) Innovative features and use cases (18:52) Building a startup culture within Google (24:28) Expanding user demographics (27:30) The product roadmap (32:18) Other use cases (36:11) Collaborating with Steven Johnson (42:49) Ensuring ethical AI (46:06) Future directions and user engagement Referenced: • NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google/ • AI Test Kitchen: https://aitestkitchen.withgoogle.com/ • Steven Johnson on X: https://x.com/stevenbjohnson • Gemini Pro: https://deepmind.google/technologies/... • Usama Bin Shafqat on LinkedIn: / ushafqat • NotebookLM’s Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/Az2N7BwV7r... • Josh Woodward on LinkedIn: / joshwoodward • Andrej Karpathy’s website: https://karpathy.ai/ • Histories of Mysteries on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3K4LRyM... • NotebookLM — Analyzing Poop & Fart written 1,000 times — Creating meaning from the meaningless: • NotebookLM - Analyzing Poop & Fart written... • Reddit thread about the fake chicken.pdf: / the_google_podcast_duo_get_almost_9_minute... • Steven Johnson’s tweet about his 8K quotes: https://x.com/stevenbjohnson/status/1... • Readwise: https://readwise.io/ • How We Got to Now: https://www.pbs.org/show/how-we-got-now/ • “A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says?”: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/ma... • AI Podcast Hosts Discover They’re AI, Not Human — NotebookLM: • AI Podcast Hosts Discover They’re AI, Not ... Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email [email protected]. Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.

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