Generative AI is everywhere, and many things we could only imagine previously have become reality. For example, we can talk with a computer, quickly identify images, and generate podcasts without speaking even one word.
One of the recent developments by the Google team that is taking over the world is NotebookLM. By passing out your personal text or website link, NotebookLM can converse seamlessly with those files. But that’s not why NotebookLM is viral. NotebookLM’s most viral AI feature is its ability to produce a two-person podcast from a text. The podcast recording feels so natural that people might not realize that the conversation is generated with AI.
Google has published another Generative AI that only solely focuses on generating podcasts called illuminate. This article will explore various aspects of Illuminate that you should know.
Let’s get into it!
Google Illuminate
As mentioned above, Illuminate is a Google project that develops Generative AI tools for podcast production. Google Teams markets the product, allowing you to transform a research paper into an AI-generated audio summary.
It’s intended for simple usage, similar to how NotebookLM can produce podcasts with a button. By inputting the file into Illuminate, the tool will create a podcast to explain the details of our document.
The overall Illuminate product page is shown in the image below.
You can also ask questions about the documents you have uploaded. Pressing the hand button will pop up the Q&A section, where you can ask questions.
The result will be a text output like a chat conversation, but you can turn the text into a podcast answer in the host style by pressing the button beside the output.
Lastly, you can check the My Library section to see all the podcasts you have generated previously.
If you have any criticisms or suggestions for the Google team regarding the Illuminate product, you can always visit the feedback section.
Conclusion
Illuminate is a Google product that can generate podcasts with AI from document files such as research papers with a simple button push. The product is still experimental, so the features could evolve beyond simple podcast generation. Nevertheless, Illuminate’s AI-generated podcast output feels natural because we can think that two actual persons spoke it.
I hope it has helped!
Cornellius Yudha Wijaya is a data science assistant manager and data writer. While working full-time at Allianz Indonesia, he loves to share Python and data tips via social media and writing media. Cornellius writes on a variety of AI and machine learning topics.