I ditched ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude for NotebookLM — and didn’t expect these results

Whenever I’m made aware of a new book, movie, video game, musical artist or general topic of interest, I quickly get sucked into a vortex of looking up every minute detail about whatever caught my attention.

During my introduction to the wonders of AI chatbots, all my more savvy advocates of the technology made me aware of ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude’s strong general research skills. For a good while, I’d utilize all three AI tools to do a deep dive into subjects I’d write about and ones that just happened to pique my interest once I found out about them (when a friend of mine told me a Brazilian mafia protected Michael Jackson during a local video shoot, I just had to see if it was true!).

After putting all three AI chatbots through their paces as my research associate, I soon found out about another AI tool that’s even better at researching anything and everything. That AI research companion is NotebookLM.

After taking the time to see whether it’s worth all the hype, I quickly realized that NotebookLM is at the top of my list of AI chatbots that offer the most comprehensive information on any topic I look up.

From fast research to deep research in seconds

Opening NotebookLM for the first time revealed a dashboard that can generate text, audio and even video overviews on nearly any topic. One of its most useful features is the ability to include your own sources — including uploaded files, websites, YouTube videos, Google…