Shelly Palmer has been named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” and writes a popular daily business blog.
Asking for reports is a fact of corporate life. So is requesting updates to your dashboards. But imagine if you could open a chat window and talk directly with your data. You’d just type (or say), “What’s the last day we can sell a full-priced widget in market 18 before we have to mark it down or ship it back to the manufacturer?” and the database would give you the answer. No reports, no dashboards, just a conversation.
One seemingly magical aspect of large language models (LLMs) is that you can, with some technical expertise, do just that. But up to now, it has required a significant investment in time and talent to accomplish. Enter NotebookLM, Google’s “AI-first notebook.” You can think of it as AI with training wheels. Let’s explore. -s
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ABOUT SHELLY PALMER
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He’s a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.