Anyone notice drastically worse Audio Overviews?

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I was using Audio overview from NotebookLM for years to digest information on the go. It has always done a good job and would work with multiple sources.

Today I uploaded four documents on a company, it only summarized one of the sources. And I noticed this for the first time, an irritating quirk. The hosts resorted to saying mechanically or mechanics every other sentence. To the point I couldn’t listen to the podcast without laughing maniacally waiting for the next thing they would say is mechanics.

Has anyone else experienced worse audio overviews quality? I know length has been cut it seems but the quality of analysis seems so much worse.

Posted Aug 29, 2026, 3:11 AM UTC

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