Podcasts

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    digitpatrox18 hours ago
    12

    What podcasts looked like in 2024 — literally

    In 2024, podcasts have gotten closer to becoming a video-first medium. Though video podcasts have been around a relatively long time, shows from The New York Times, NPR, and many other podcast networks that have been audio-only for years have recently started adding a video component in order to gain new listenership. In fact, Spotify, a major player in podcasts,…

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    digitpatrox1 week ago
    22

    You Can Now Ask Questions During Google’s AI Podcasts

    Google’s NotebookLM AI podcast tool recently got launched into the mainstream thanks to a collaboration with Spotify Wrapped, but after a recent update, it’s suddenly much more interactive. Now, instead of just sitting back and listening, you can actually join in on the conversation.  According to Google, NotebookLM users have already generated “more than 350 years worth of Audio Overviews,”…

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    digitpatrox2 weeks ago
    23

    Google’s NotebookLM AI podcasts add ‘interactive’ mode for some Q-and-A

    Google’s NotebookLM and its podcast-like Audio Overviews have been a surprise hit this year, and today Google company is starting to roll out a big new feature: the ability to actually talk with the AI “hosts” of the overviews. When the feature is available to you, you can try it out with new Audio Overviews. (It won’t work with old…

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    digitpatroxSeptember 24, 2024
    111

    The New York Times will now charge for past episodes of its popular podcasts

    The Daily, The Ezra Klein Show, Hard Fork, and Modern Love are some of The New York Times’ most popular podcasts — and next month, only the most recent two or three episodes of each will be free of charge. The Times announced today that it’ll now offer a podcast subscription service through Spotify and Apple for $6 a month…

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    digitpatroxSeptember 12, 2024
    94

    Google is using AI to make fake podcasts from your notes

    It’s meant to build on NotebookLM’s existing features that help you interact with all your notes, transcripts, and other research documents. The app already uses Google’s Gemini AI model to help summarize your research, and this is sort of like an audio version of that. Google isn’t making things up when it says the AI hosts will “banter” with each…

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    digitpatroxAugust 19, 2024
    144

    Apple Podcasts now has a web app

    Apple has launched a web app for its Podcasts app, and you can access it right now at podcasts.apple.com. The app works on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, MacRumors reports. If you’ve used the Podcasts app for Mac or iOS, the web app should feel pretty familiar: there are sections like a Browse tab where you can see featured podcasts,…

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