# AI Auto-generated post thumbnail
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-auto-generated-post-thumbnail/329855
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** ai, ai-helper
**Created:** [October 8, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-auto-generated-post-thumbnail/329855 "2024-10-08T11:47:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ludwikc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ludwikc)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-auto-generated-post-thumbnail/329855/1 "2024-10-08T11:47:49Z")
Is there a way to have AI automatically generate the post thumbnail/graphic based on the content, the very same way AI Forum Helper can generate the title?
I believe it would make many forums more visually appealing.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-auto-generated-post-thumbnail/329855/2 "2024-10-08T12:09:18Z")
I believe that’s already implemented?:
> [@Introducing Post Illustrations: Enhance Your Discourse Content with AI-Generated Thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-post-illustrations-enhance-your-discourse-content-with-ai-generated-thumbnails/290870):
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> We’re excited to announce a creative new feature that’s rolling out for our Discourse users—AI-Generated Post Illustrations. This new feature introduces the ability to add images to a post based on the post content. How Does It Work? You can trigger the AI-powered Illustrate Post feature directly from the post editor. Once your text is analyzed, you’ll be presented with a set of thumbnails tailored to visualize your post’s content. You can preview these images, select your favorite ones, and …
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-auto-generated-post-thumbnail/329855/3 "2024-10-08T12:58:48Z")
It isn’t automatic. But sure, automatic isn’t here really automatic, I reckon.
Well, quality and the need to paste a nice part of text to get something that is even close to on topic is off topic 😂
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-auto-generated-post-thumbnail/329855/4 "2024-10-08T16:13:25Z")
I’ve also added this feature to [the very first Discourse AI plugin, AI Topic Summary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-topic-summary/256711), as an experimental feature (not sure if you still use this @Jagster but I know you were a fan):
[https://github.com/merefield/discourse-ai-topic-summary/pull/20](https://github.com/merefield/discourse-ai-topic-summary/pull/20)
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### Author:  [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-auto-generated-post-thumbnail/329855/5 "2024-10-10T15:49:11Z")
I think quality of the thumbnail and speed might be the big deterring factors to making it fully automatic. The manual process we have now gives you a choice so there’s that