# Weekly Summary of AI topics **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-summary-of-ai-topics/293532 **Category:** Forum summaries **Created:** [January 30, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-summary-of-ai-topics/293532 "2024-01-30T20:44:11Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
### Author: ![Saif](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/saif/32/318253_2.png) [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif) #### Post date: [March 19, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-summary-of-ai-topics/293532/14 "2024-03-19T21:02:30Z")
: ## Weekly AI Activity Summary on [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org) March 12 - March 19, 2024 ### Overview This week saw a lot of activity and discussion around new AI features in Discourse, including the ability to [share AI conversations via public links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-ai-conversations-via-a-public-link/299290?silent=true), a new [GitHub helper persona](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-helper-persona-for-discourse-ai/299458?silent=true) for the AI Bot, and improvements to the [AI image captioning feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-image-captioning-feature-in-discourse-ai-plugin/296087?silent=true). There were also questions and troubleshooting around configuring AI providers like OpenAI and Hugging Face’s LLaVa model. Overall, the Discourse team continues to rapidly iterate and expand the AI capabilities of the forum software. ### Interesting Topics - @sam announced a new feature to [share AI conversations via public links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-ai-conversations-via-a-public-link/299290?silent=true), with access controls #announcements #new-feature #ai #ai-bot - A new [GitHub helper persona](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-helper-persona-for-discourse-ai/299458?silent=true) was added to the AI Bot, allowing it to read pull requests, repository files, and perform repo searches #announcements #ai #ai-bot - @Bathinda ran into [issues configuring the AI image captioning feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-configuring-ai-image-captions/298980?silent=true) to use the open-source LLaVa model instead of OpenAI’s paid offering #Support #ai #ai-helper - @sp-jordan-violet inquired about [options for using alternative AI providers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-for-using-an-alternative-ai-provider/299790?silent=true) like self-hosted models or Mendable AI #Development #ai - @Oniel suggested [allowing users to see token usage and create their own AI personas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-plugin/259214?silent=true#post_149) as potential new features #Customization > Plugin #official #ai - @RBoy encountered a [rate limit error with Google Gemini](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summarization-not-working-after-upgrading-to-3-3-0-beta1/299654?silent=true) after upgrading Discourse #Support #ai - @peyrusse had [API calls to OpenAI fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calls-to-open-ai-api-failed/299775?silent=true) on an intranet Discourse install #Support #ai - @Nadeem asked about [adding a new custom chat bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-new-chat-bot-when-using-ai-plugin/299087?silent=true) using a self-hosted model endpoint #Support #ai ### Activity - @sam was very active, announcing [sharing AI conversations publicly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-ai-conversations-via-a-public-link/299290?silent=true), a new [GitHub AI helper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-helper-persona-for-discourse-ai/299458?silent=true), and commenting on [AI moderation capabilities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-forum-moderation-seeking-insights-and-experiences/299018?silent=true#post_3). - @Falco provided support and guidance on [configuring LLaVa for image captioning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-configuring-ai-image-captions/298980?silent=true#post_15), [hitting API rate limits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summarization-not-working-after-upgrading-to-3-3-0-beta1/299654?silent=true#post_4), and [self-hosting open-source language models](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosting-an-opensource-llm-for-discourseai/290923?silent=true#post_3). - @Bathinda shared their [troubleshooting process for enabling AI image captioning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-configuring-ai-image-captions/298980?silent=true) and eventually found a solution with help from the community. - @Jagster assisted @Bathinda in [resolving their image captioning configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-configuring-ai-image-captions/298980?silent=true#post_20). - @pfaffman also helped @Bathinda [debug the AI image captioning setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-configuring-ai-image-captions/298980?silent=true#post_16). - @ecki suggested an AI feature to [check for similar tags and recommend merging them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-use-discourse-ai-tell-us-and-make-it-even-better/295402?silent=true#post_16). - @RBoy encountered and worked to resolve [AI summarization failures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summarization-not-working-after-upgrading-to-3-3-0-beta1/299654?silent=true) and [sentiment analysis errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encountering-error-in-sentiment-backfill-rake-task/297275?silent=true#post_2) after upgrading Discourse. - @Lilly pointed @Bathinda to resources on [generating API keys for Hugging Face](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-llava-api-keys-is-a-problem/299769?silent=true#post_2) to use with LLaVa. - @JammyDodger clarified [which groups have access to topic summarization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summarization-not-working-after-upgrading-to-3-3-0-beta1/299654?silent=true#post_6) and how the AI search works. Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again next week! 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-summary-of-ai-topics/293532)._