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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

AI21 Labs / Task-specific services

Summarize by Segment

Historical AI21 service that returns summaries and source highlights for individual document segments, with an optional topic focus. Some segments may have no summary.

historicalClosed-source managed componentText analysisSummarization
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 14 Oct 2026
6 of 21 specification fields collected
Context windowNot collectedAwaiting source review
Maximum outputNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingNot collectedAI21 Studio segment-summary service (historical)
Output billingNot collectedNo inferred price

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Maximum input tokens
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Maximum output
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Output modalities
Segment summaries and source highlightsSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)
Reasoning
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Tool calling
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Structured output
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Streaming
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Batch processing
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Fine-tuning
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Context caching
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Knowledge cutoff
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Release date
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Parameters
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Architecture
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

Languages
Not collected

Exact release evidence unverified; no sibling-model specifications inherited.

API request fields
source: raw text or a web-page URL; sourceType: TEXT or URL; optional focusSource for API request fields (opens in a new tab)
Generation controls
Optional focus directs the summaries toward a requested topic.Source for Generation controls (opens in a new tab)
Response metadata
Response ID and segments containing segment text/type, optional summary and HTML, has_summary, and highlights with text and start/end indices.Source for Response metadata (opens in a new tab)
Release identity
Managed segment-summary operation; independent checkpoint identity unverifiedSource for Release identity (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

AI21 Studio segment-summary service (historical)

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
Not collected

The SDK exposes an operation, not a separately selectable checkpoint.

Access
Historical SDK POST route: /summarize-by-segment relative to the configured Studio base URL. Current callable access and prices remain unverified.
Regions
Not collected

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

AI21 Studio segment-summary service (historical)

Not verified

No reviewed service-side cache contract. Client-local caching does not establish provider prompt caching.

How it works
Not collected

No reviewed service-side cache contract. Client-local caching does not establish provider prompt caching.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No reviewed service-side cache contract. Client-local caching does not establish provider prompt caching.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No reviewed service-side cache contract. Client-local caching does not establish provider prompt caching.

How to enable it
Not collected

No reviewed service-side cache contract. Client-local caching does not establish provider prompt caching.

Usage fields
Not collected

No reviewed service-side cache contract. Client-local caching does not establish provider prompt caching.

Billing rules
Not collected

No reviewed service-side cache contract. Client-local caching does not establish provider prompt caching.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No reviewed service-side cache contract. Client-local caching does not establish provider prompt caching.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

The official SDK exposes a hosted task operation without a selectable checkpoint or downloadable weights. This is an explicitly managed component, not an independently established proprietary weight release.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed