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Google's NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans | TechCrunch

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65% Informative

Google 's NotebookLM allows users to call in to the AI -generated podcast-like discussions from content users upload.

When the feature was first rolled out, the AI hosts seemed annoyed at such interruptions.

They were occasionally giving snippy comments to human callers like, “I was getting to that” or “As I was about to say,” VP of Google Labs Josh Woodward said.

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semi-formal

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English

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50

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medium-lived

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