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NotebookLM launches feature to customize and guide audio overviews

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wenbin ◴[17 Oct 24 19:09 UTC] No.41872782[source]▶
NotebookLM is contributing to fake podcasts across the internet, with over 1,300 and counting:

https://github.com/ListenNotes/ai-generated-fake-podcasts/bl...

Google is taking a different approach this time, moving quickly. While NotebookLM is indeed a remarkable tool for personal productivity and learning, it also opens the door for spammers to mass-produce content that isn't meant for human consumption.

Amidst all the praise for this project, I’d like to offer a different perspective. I hope the NotebookLM team sees this and recognizes the seriousness of the spam issue, which will only grow if left unaddressed. If you know someone on the team, please bring this to their attention - Could you please provide a tool or some plain-English guidelines to help detect audio generated by NotebookLM? Is there a watermark or any other identifiable marker that can be used?

Just recently, a Hacker News post highlighted how nearly all Google image results for "baby peacock" are AI-generated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41767648

It won't be long before we see a similar trend with low-quality, AI-generated fake podcasts flooding the internet.

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1. wg0 ◴[17 Oct 24 22:25 UTC] No.41874427[source]▶
It sounds more like we should ban email and all email providers should consider the problem of email spam which traditional mail didn't have because no one could afford that many envelops and stamps.

Or like we should go back to carts because cars are noisy and not only that but might collide with pedestrians and not only that, might even collide among each other.

Instead of containing the tools and curtailing the progress (email and cars) we should probably try to contain and curtail abusers. Very hard to do, I know but the right thing to do.