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Explainer https://github.com/webmachinelearning/writing-assistance-apis/blob/main/README.md Specification https://webmachinelearning.github.io/writing-assistance-apis/#summarizer-api Summary The Summarizer API can convert long input text to more concise text, or recapitulate input text with various requested options, such as text length, format and/or type. Developers may use this API to provide a summary of news articles, reviews or blog posts. Blink component Blink>AI>Summarization <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EAI%3ESummarization%22> TAG review https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/991 TAG review status Pending Origin Trial Name Summarization API Chromium Trial Name AISummarizationAPI Origin Trial documentation link https://developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/summarizer-api WebFeature UseCounter name kSummarizer_Summarize Risks Interoperability and Compatibility This feature, like all built-in AI features, has inherent interoperability risks due to the use of AI models whose behavior is not fully specified. See some general discussion in https://www.w3.org/reports/ai-web-impact/#interop. By providing a high-level API with clear output formats, as well as a capabilities API for detecting what a given browser supports, we believe we can guide web developers toward using the API in an interoperable way that does not depend on the specific models that a given browser or browser version uses. Gecko: Defer (https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1067) WebKit: No signal (https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/393) Web developers: Positive (https://github.com/WICG/proposals/issues/163) Origin Trial signups have been 5x higher than what we see from typical Origin Trials, suggesting a lot of developer and partner interest. The survey conducted during the Origin Trial, in February 2025, shows positive quantitative feedback [1], and third-party partners have utilized the API for various use cases [2] [3]. [1] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DhFC2oB4PRrchavxUY3h9U4w4hrX5DAc5LoMqhn5hnk/mobilepresent?slide=id.g349a9ada368_1_6327 [2] https://developer.chrome.com/blog/summarizer-terra-brightsites [3] http://developer.chrome.com/blog/summarizer-redbus-miravia Other signals: Activation This feature would definitely benefit from having polyfills, backed by any of: cloud services, lazily-loaded client-side models using WebGPU, or the web developer's own server. We anticipate seeing an ecosystem of such polyfills grow as more developers adopt this API. WebView application risks Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? None Debuggability It is possible that giving DevTools more insight into the nondeterministic states of the model, e.g. random seeds, could help with debugging. See related discussion at https://github.com/webmachinelearning/prompt-api/issues/9. Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)? No Not all platforms will come with a language model. In particular, the initial launch focuses on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> ? No We have added some web platform test coverage for this feature ( https://wpt.fyi/results/ai/summarizer?label=experimental&label=master&aligned). How much we are able to test beyond the surface API is unclear, given the nondeterministic nature of the output. The explainer discusses this in https://github.com/WICG/writing-assistance-apis/blob/main/README.md#specifications-and-tests . Flag name on about://flags summarization-api-for-gemini-nano Finch feature name AISummarizationAPI Rollout plan Will ship enabled for all users Requires code in //chrome? True Tracking bug https://issues.chromium.org/issues/351744634 Sample links https://chrome.dev/web-ai-demos/summarization-api-playground https://ai.etiennenoel.com/summarizer-api Estimated milestones Shipping on desktop 138 Origin trial desktop first 131 Origin trial desktop last 136 Origin trial extension 1 end milestone 139 Anticipated spec changes None Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status https://chromestatus.com/feature/5193953788559360?gate=5089800596750336 Links to previous Intent discussions Intent to Prototype: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/rCpcU0ZTgTk Intent to Experiment: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/X-VxVeiJgtM Intent to Extend Experiment 1: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/u2MRIDCBZQg This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status <https://chromestatus.com/>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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