Most people use Google’s NotebookLM as a simple summarizer. They upload a PDF, ask for a bulleted list, and stop there.
They are missing 90% of the magic.
As of 2025, NotebookLM has evolved into a genuine cognitive engine—a tool that doesn’t just read for you, but thinks with you. Whether you are a researcher synthesizing dozens of papers, a creator planning a video, or a student…