# \#ai-summarize **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/ai-summarize/633.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Topic summaries being cut short](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-summaries-being-cut-short/411212)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-summaries-being-cut-short/411212 "2026-08-29T19:01:13Z")
I noticed the topic summary for my theme was automatically updated, but it seems like it was cut off short. I’m not sure if this is a LLM or plugin issue but it would be cool if we could flag the summary or request r… --- ## [Topic summarization sends to LLM with messages with extra spaces inside words or links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-summarization-sends-to-llm-with-messages-with-extra-spaces-inside-words-or-links/411136)
**Author:** [@lilydjwg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lilydjwg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-summarization-sends-to-llm-with-messages-with-extra-spaces-inside-words-or-links/411136 "2026-08-28T12:11:12Z")
Recently I’ve enabled AI summarization on my own site and see how it works. I noticed that one summarization contained an invalid link: \[keyd\](https://man.arch linux.org/man/extra/keyd/keyd.1.en) It was weird. So I che… --- ## [No AI summaries on Horizon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-ai-summaries-on-horizon/411010)
**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-ai-summaries-on-horizon/411010 "2026-08-27T06:15:55Z")
I wonder why Horizon (here in meta and in my self-hosted instance) does not display the IA summaries in topic list? Is this an expected behavior or something to look into? :slight\_smile: --- ## [CDCK/MoM cites posts as User1, User2 etc -- LLM quality issue?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cdck-mom-cites-posts-as-user1-user2-etc-llm-quality-issue/409526)
**Author:** [@sk-or-v1-contents](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sk-or-v1-contents)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cdck-mom-cites-posts-as-user1-user2-etc-llm-quality-issue/409526 "2026-08-11T14:26:06Z")
(Not sure which category to use) AI summary of The comment block for Python - Ideas - Discussions on Python.org ▶ The AI summary at that time --- ## [HTML comments are also summarized by AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-comments-are-also-summarized-by-ai/406275)
**Author:** [@ばこん](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E3%81%B0%E3%81%93%E3%82%93)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-comments-are-also-summarized-by-ai/406275 "2026-07-01T13:42:15Z")
HTML comments will also be included in the summary. Since users viewing the summary will likely not be able to see the comments, I think it would be best to exclude the comments from the summary. --- ## [User Interface Preferences: include setting to disable AI nudges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-interface-preferences-include-setting-to-disable-ai-nudges/393818)
**Author:** [@conartist6](https://meta.discourse.org/u/conartist6)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-interface-preferences-include-setting-to-disable-ai-nudges/393818 "2026-04-02T15:05:44Z")
I would really appreciate if the Discourse user interface wasn’t trying to sell me AI. I’m not buying, now or ever. Could there be a preference that disables suggestions to summarize every single post with AI? --- ## [AI summary in topic header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summary-in-topic-header/399069)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summary-in-topic-header/399069 "2026-03-24T06:47:48Z")
:information\_source: Summary Adds a discourse-ai topic summarize button to the topic right sidebar (timeline controls or Table of Contents) on desktop, and to the topic title area on mobile and narrow screens. … --- ## [Summarize button placement on mobile views](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-button-placement-on-mobile-views/348827)
**Author:** [@arun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arun)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-button-placement-on-mobile-views/348827 "2026-03-23T16:33:09Z")
The “summarize” (By AI) button placement is at the far end of a topic on mobile views. Are there plans to make it more prominent by making it visible at all times, when reading any part of the topic? --- ## [Feedback: Move summarize button at the top of the topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-move-summarize-button-at-the-top-of-the-topic/385430)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-move-summarize-button-at-the-top-of-the-topic/385430 "2026-03-23T16:32:04Z")
Hi, is there ant way to place Summarize button to the top of the topic not after the first post? I found that it is unsuitable to scroll long topics to reach summarize button so that read a summary of it. Moreover, whe… --- ## [Customizing AI summarizer to use non-English languages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-ai-summarizer-to-use-non-english-languages/372644)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-ai-summarizer-to-use-non-english-languages/372644 "2026-02-16T11:43:02Z")
Hello, I use locally \`google/gemma-3-4b\` with latest Discourse. The model serves some languages well. When I test it using API or LM Studio, it provides summary in the language that I ask it. Discourse always summarize … --- ## [Summarize - Gists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-gists/340269)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-gists/340269 "2026-02-06T22:19:44Z")
:bookmark: This guide explains how to enable and configure Gists, which is part of the Summarize feature of the Discourse AI plugin. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Gists are short AI summari… --- ## [403 error for /discourse-ai/credits/status?features%5B%5D=topic\_summaries when visiting topics while being logged out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-error-for-discourse-ai-credits-status-features-5b-5d-topic-summaries-when-visiting-topics-while-being-logged-out/393261)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-error-for-discourse-ai-credits-status-features-5b-5d-topic-summaries-when-visiting-topics-while-being-logged-out/393261 "2026-01-12T23:05:27Z")
I just wanted to mention that when I view topics on Meta while I’m not logged in, I see an error in the browser console each time. Is this intentional, or is there a check for currentUser or something like that missing s… --- ## [Allow to specify categories to exclude from AI gist summaries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-specify-categories-to-exclude-from-ai-gist-summaries/392448)
**Author:** [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-specify-categories-to-exclude-from-ai-gist-summaries/392448 "2025-12-31T11:13:38Z")
I have a self-hosted instance that is using AI summarization, and also has a number of categories specifically for RSS news feeds. the RSS feeds can pull quite a few posts in daily. I have these categories suppressed f… --- ## [AI translator should translate summaries too](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-translator-should-translate-summaries-too/380067)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-translator-should-translate-summaries-too/380067 "2025-12-29T03:13:51Z")
The issue is this: AI translator doesn’t translate summaries. But it should, because it translates everything else. Is it possible? --- ## [Feedback on AI Summarisation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-ai-summarisation/275747)
**Author:** [@Julienlavigne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Julienlavigne)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-ai-summarisation/275747 "2024-12-28T15:40:40Z")
Feedback on the summarisation. This looks very promising :pray: :point\_up: the popup is not wide enough It would be great to offer options about how long the summary should be. It sounds like this is targeting the … --- ## [Discourse AI - Semantic Search & Summarization Not Working for our configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-semantic-search-summarization-not-working-for-our-configuration/360834)
**Author:** [@Steve\_John](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steve_John)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-semantic-search-summarization-not-working-for-our-configuration/360834 "2025-09-17T13:26:25Z")
We’ve successfully configured the Discourse AI plugin using: LLM Model: gpt-3.5-turbo Embeddings Model: text-embedding-3-small We also triggered the background jobs from /sidekiq/scheduler: Jobs::EmbeddingsBackfill J… --- ## [Feedback for AI gists, short summaries on topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-for-ai-gists-short-summaries-on-topic-list/339877)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-for-ai-gists-short-summaries-on-topic-list/339877 "2025-07-31T00:01:01Z")
You might have noticed that short summaries have been enabled on Meta. This will result in the topic list showing short summaries of the topics to help you get a quick overview. Any feedback is welcome! How are you… --- ## [You need to select a model before the AI Summarizer Persona works](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-need-to-select-a-model-before-the-ai-summarizer-persona-works/374991)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-need-to-select-a-model-before-the-ai-summarizer-persona-works/374991 "2025-07-20T22:58:50Z")
Our summarization stopped working a while back. After some playing with it, I eventually got it working today. The problem was this setting in the AI Summarizer Persona: The setting implies that it is optional. Howev… --- ## [Discourse AI - Summarize](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-summarize/262711)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-summarize/262711 "2025-06-05T14:33:26Z")
:bookmark: This topic covers the configuration of the Summarize feature of the Discourse AI plugin. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Summarize topics and chat channels for a quick recap. Use i… --- ## [Can you customize the Ai Summarize prompt?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-customize-the-ai-summarize-prompt/372448)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-customize-the-ai-summarize-prompt/372448 "2025-07-01T13:11:24Z")
Does the Ai Summarize feature currently allow to customize the summary prompt? In our use case, we would like to output the content partially in a structured format to display the content in external websites --- ## [Managing user groups for summarization features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-user-groups-for-summarization-features/372280)
**Author:** [@littleviolette](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littleviolette)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-user-groups-for-summarization-features/372280 "2025-06-30T17:09:58Z")
Not sure if I am missing something. I no longer see the ai custom summarization allowed groups setting. Only the ai pm summarization allowed groups? --- ## [Topic Summarization doesn't work :-(](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-summarization-doesnt-work/367880)
**Author:** [@Wurzelseppi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wurzelseppi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-summarization-doesnt-work/367880 "2025-06-04T04:33:34Z")
Hey guys, This is about a selfhosted instance I´ve activated the Discourse AI Plugin and had a few problems there. Working in an enterprise environment and AI access is though an internal endpoint with additional au… --- ## [AI changed quite many gists in English](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-changed-quite-many-gists-in-english/364039)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-changed-quite-many-gists-in-english/364039 "2025-04-29T19:53:27Z")
Summary-bot, that short one, was totally sure Finnish is actually English, and changed/re-generate quite big bunch of gists in English. My Finnish users think /latest looks strange now. I can\`t write some pseudo post is… --- ## [Concerns over personal privacy with the AI plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/concerns-over-personal-privacy-with-the-ai-plugin/361068)
**Author:** [@wotography](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wotography)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/concerns-over-personal-privacy-with-the-ai-plugin/361068 "2025-04-10T13:06:58Z")
\#feature-request Dear devs from discourse, thanks for getting the ai plugin up and running. We are using this in our community forum where we share opinions as well es best practices for our work. We have concerns abo… --- ## [Topic.has\_summary is random, not reliable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-has-summary-is-random-not-reliable/352715)
**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-has-summary-is-random-not-reliable/352715 "2025-02-19T19:51:29Z")
All of my topics have summaries. But when I get a topic with /t/topic\_id.json and check the has\_summary attribute, it’s 50/50. Even if it says has\_summary = false, I can see the summary by clicking or with /discourse-ai… --- ## [New Experiment: Enable AI Summarize on your Discourse with one-click!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-experiment-enable-ai-summarize-on-your-discourse-with-one-click/334817)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-experiment-enable-ai-summarize-on-your-discourse-with-one-click/334817 "2025-02-17T09:43:10Z")
As we aim to provide Discourse AI features to more of our customers, we are excited to announce that Discourse AI - Summarize is now available for Free, Standard, Business, and Enterprise tiers without the need for a 3rd… --- ## [AI Summarization Backfill is stuck, keeps regenerating the same topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summarization-backfill-is-stuck-keeps-regenerating-the-same-topic/347088)
**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summarization-backfill-is-stuck-keeps-regenerating-the-same-topic/347088 "2025-02-04T14:51:10Z")
I’m trying to backfill the last 90 days. It successfully backfilled about 500 out of 2000 topics, but now progress is stalled because it keeps processing the same topic every time the job runs (every 5 minutes). No idea … --- ## [How Does Regenerating Summaries Work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-regenerating-summaries-work/333408)
**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-regenerating-summaries-work/333408 "2025-01-14T14:02:42Z")
Can someone please explain the rules for regenerating summaries? There was some discussion that staff can regenerate summaries after one hour, but that’s not what I’m seeing. (Not sure what I’m seeing- it seems inconsist… --- ## [Topic AI Summary box closing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-ai-summary-box-closing/342745)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-ai-summary-box-closing/342745 "2025-01-07T16:25:22Z")
Hello :wave: This is a short request… Would be great to close the topic AI summary box with click outside. I always try this way. :smile: Thank you :slight\_smile: --- ## [Feature requests for AI-Summarization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-requests-for-ai-summarization/344956)
**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-requests-for-ai-summarization/344956 "2024-12-30T22:45:53Z")
Just pulling two discussions into a proper feature request… Make ai summary backfill topic max age days relative to updated\_at, not created\_at. Currently if you use the max age feature, it does not prioritize the topi… [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/ai-summarize/633.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=ai-summarize)