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Microsoft launches Decision-1 AI for fast, low-cost decision-making · 6 sources tracked

Microsoft has launched Decision-1, a new AI model designed for rapid decision-making tasks like classification and routing. Built upon Alibaba's Qwen3.5-9B model, Decision-1 achieves 83.5% accuracy with low latency, outperforming several other models in Microsoft's internal benchmarks. The model is available through Microsoft Foundry and OpenRouter, offering a cost-effective solution for applications requiring immediate, structured outputs rather than generated text. AI

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COVERAGE [6]

  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    Microsoft's Decision-1 model enters the fast-growing AI decision model race

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/microsoft_logo_plain.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1376" /></p> <p> With Decision-1, Microsoft enters the growing decision …

  2. MarkTechPost TIER_1 English(EN) · Asif Razzaq ·

    Microsoft AI Releases Microsoft-Decision-1: A Qwen3.5-9B Decision-Scoring Model

    <p>Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a decision model for routing, classification, verification and agent control. Microsoft-Decision-1 is a decision-scoring model that returns a calibrated probability for each fixed answer option instead of generated text. It is post-…

  3. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Taha Echakiri ·

    Microsoft-Decision-1 Scores the Choices an Agent Has to Make

    <h2> TL;DR </h2> <ul> <li>Microsoft-Decision-1 is a small language model that returns a probability score for each option in a list you hand it, so a program can route a request, grade a response or decide what an agent does next.</li> <li>Microsoft published the model on 9 Octob…

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · [email protected] ·

    🧠 # Microsoft -Decision-1 brings Jev's direction to Foundry: probabilities on predefined options, for quick micro-decisions in workflows. Also Decisions

    🧠 # Microsoft -Decision-1 porta la direzione di # Jev in Foundry: probabilità su opzioni predefinite, per microdecisioni rapide nei workflow. Anche le Decisions API di # OpenAI seguono questa strada. 👉 I dettagli: https:// lnkd.in/p/d8HUed7N ___ ✉️ 𝗦𝗲 𝘃𝘂𝗼𝗶 𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼/𝗮 𝘀…

  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a reasoning model engineered for autonomous workflows and decision benchmarks. Rather than relying purely on intern

    Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a reasoning model engineered for autonomous workflows and decision benchmarks. Rather than relying purely on internal architecture or OpenAI models, Microsoft constructed the initial version on Alibaba's open-weight Qwen3.5-9B base wei…

  6. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a decision-scoring model built on Qwen3.5-9B for routing, classification, verification and agent control. Available

    Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a decision-scoring model built on Qwen3.5-9B for routing, classification, verification and agent control. Available via Microsoft Foundry and OpenRouter, it achieves 83.5% average accuracy across 36 benchmarks at 85ms latency. https://…