Artificial intelligence is making headlines every day, but how can we, as cultural workers, use AI ethically and effectively in our jobs? While large LLMs like OpenAI offer workers AI assistance, they come with a significant impact on the environment, hallucinations, bias, and ethical concerns regarding copyright. Smaller LLM tools solve some of these issues. The following review analyzes NotebookLM, a Google experiment, that i particularly useful tool for researchers, students, and other knowledge workers engaged in complex information.