Google's Gemini Notebook links 100k books for AI querying

google's gemini notebook app now allows users to interact with over 100,000 books purchased through google play books using its new 'expert intelligence' feature. users can ask questions about the material, generate plans, infographics, ai podcasts, and more based on the book contents. the feature supports titles from publishers like penguin random house, johns hopkins university press, and authors such as michael pollan and steven pinker. google has implemented protections to prevent users from accessing material from books they haven't purchased. the company plans to expand this feature to ai mode in search and the gemini app, and also to support scholarly articles, magazine articles, and newspapers.