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Microsoft’s new model helps AI agents judge their next move

Microsoft released Microsoft-Decision-1, a small decision-scoring model that returns a calibrated probability for each option given a situation, a question and a fixed set of answer options. Achint Srivastava, VP of Software Engineering in Microsoft's Office of the CTO, said the model is designed for routing, classification, prioritization, verification and workflow control, making it easier to incorporate decision intelligence into existing applications, agents and workflows in a secure, trusted environment.

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Microsoft-Decision-1 is a small decision-scoring model. Given a situation, a question and a fixed set of answer options, it returns a calibrated probability for each option. “This model is designed for routing, classification, prioritization, verification, and workflow control, making it easier to incorporate decision intelligence into existing applications, agents, and workflows in a secure, trusted environment,” Achint Srivastava, VP of Software Engineering in Microsoft’s Office of the CTO, explained. How Microsoft-Decision-1 works Microsoft said it … More

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