NotebookLM is Google’s latest AI-powered note-taking app that comes with Google’s latest AI, Gemini Pro. It allows the AI to act as your virtual research assistant while you take and create notes. The AI can then help you with your workflow, whether it’s coming up with new ideas, answering questions, or organizing your notes. Unfortunately, many users are reporting that they are unable to use or activate the AI despite creating countless notes in NotebookLM. If you have also faced the same issue, you can try the solution below. Let’s get started!
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You can’t use the AI in NotebookLM, mainly due to the lack of resources. Resources allow the AI to become familiar with your notes and their context. They allow the AI to answer relevant questions based on the topic, while also giving it the ability to come up with new ideas, overviews, and more.
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If your project is missing resources, the AI will not be able to trigger and answer your prompts, regardless of the number of notes it contains. If you are experiencing this issue, make sure you have at least one resource added to your current project. If not, you can use the guides below to add resources to a project in NotebookLM.
