NotebookLM Updates: Deep Research & Sheets

In this episode of ChatEDU (From ChatGPT to Chat Group GPT), Matt and Liz open with Kim Kardashian blaming ChatGPT for tanking her law exams and Dr. Radday publishing a Fulbright piece on AI hallucinations. From there, they run through agentic cheating, Amazon vs. Perplexity, shifting labor demands, a prompt drop, a gems hack, the new edugems.ai library, federal AI grants, AI bubble warnings, a Gamma update, and NotebookLM’s new Deep Research features. They go Beneath the Surface to look at ChatGPT sliding into 20 person group chats, and close with a Bright Byte on Google’s new Earth AI.

Rundown

Tech companies don’t care that students use AI agents to cheat

AI firms and LMS platforms shrug as agentic tools automate coursework and flood professors with AI generated apologies.

Amazon sends legal threats to Perplexity

Amazon tells Perplexity’s Comet agent to stop bot browsing the site and bypassing ads.

The Boss Has a Message: Use AI or You’re Fired

Some companies now cut workers who refuse to adopt AI tools.

Microsoft resumes hiring with full AI focus

The new roles all center on human AI collaboration.

Remote Labor Index

Real world testing shows frontier agents can automate only a tiny slice of complex remote work.

Prompt Drop

A step by step walkthrough prompt that quizzes understanding before advancing.

Gem Hack

A URL tweak forces gem copies so colleagues don’t overwrite your instructions.

edugems.ai

A growing collection of teacher friendly gems for inspiration and customization.

FIPSE Federal AI Grants

One to four million dollar projects supporting AI integration in higher ed. Deadline tight.

AI Bubble Watch

J.P. Morgan says the industry may need $650B annually to justify investment.

Gamma’s growth

Profitable, lean, and now valued at $2.1B. A rare AI business that actually works.

NotebookLM updates

Deep Research arrives with support for Sheets, images, Drive URLs, and more.

Beneath the Surface

ChatGPT group chats

Up to twenty people plus the bot in a shared thread. Use cases include study groups, capstones, and planning teams.

Bright Byte

Google Earth AI

Google fuses satellite data, population data, and Gemini reasoning into a environmental intelligence platform used by WHO Africa and others.

Links and References

Prompt Drop

https://www.skills21.org/prompts

Gemini Gems hack

https://tinyurl.com/2hmr2k4d

College students “apologized” using AI

https://tinyurl.com/muksx346

Kim Kardashian blames ChatGPT for failing aw school tests

https://tinyurl.com/snnync85

Companies don’t care that students use AI agents to cheat

https://tinyurl.com/5n92vpzy

Amazon sends legal threats to Perplexity

https://tinyurl.com/wenryn6t

Use AI or You’re Fired

https://tinyurl.com/mpducds4

Microsoft will hire again, but with AI-first approach

https://tinyurl.com/yrmmxkzd

Measuring AI Automation of Remote Work

https://tinyurl.com/hjr5pxz9

Applications for New Awards

https://tinyurl.com/2pyuedtd

J.P. Morgan Bubble Concerns

https://tinyurl.com/f72was8n

We Didn't Start the Fire Bubble Parody

https://tinyurl.com/5fe7srb7

Gamma Raises Aims to Rival PowerPoint

https://tinyurl.com/bde527ed

NotebookLM adds Deep Research and more source types

https://blog.google/technology/google-labs/notebooklm-deep-research-file-types/

ChatGPT group chats

https://tinyurl.com/yvax4ajm

Google Earth AI

https://tinyurl.com/2x4h5wxs

Learning They'll Love - Dr. Elizabeth Radday

ASCD (use code RADDAY30 for 30% off until December 5th): https://tinyurl.com/bde652nn

Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/22t9hz77

Barnes and Noble: https://tinyurl.com/bdckf6zw

Announcements & Sponsors

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