{"slug": "openai-launches-decisions-api-that-reduces-complex-evaluations-to-yes-no-or-pick", "title": "OpenAI launches Decisions API that reduces complex evaluations to yes, no, or pick one", "summary": "OpenAI launched the Decisions API in public beta, a developer endpoint that evaluates text, images, or both and returns yes/no probabilities, picks from predefined categories, or scale-based ratings, running about ten times faster than the Responses API. Only the gpt-6-luna model is supported so far, priced at $0.10 per million input tokens with output tokens free, and OpenAI also cut its paid API tiers from five to three — Build, Launch, and Grow — with monthly usage limits of $500, $5,000, and $200,000. The API supports zero-data retention and HIPAA-compliant use in the US and Europe, targeting use cases such as damage detection in photos, customer inquiry routing, and document classification.", "body_md": "# OpenAI launches Decisions API that reduces complex evaluations to yes, no, or pick one\n\n**OpenAI announced two updates to its API platform.** The new [Decisions API](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/decisions) evaluates text, images, or both, running about ten times faster than the Responses API. It's in public beta now, with general availability coming soon. Only gpt-6-luna is supported so far, at $0.10 per million input tokens. Output tokens are free.\n\nThe API handles three response types: yes/no probabilities, picks from predefined categories, and scale-based ratings. Use cases include damage detection in photos, automatic customer inquiry routing, and document classification, OpenIA says. It supports zero-data retention and HIPAA-compliant use in the US and Europe. The Decisions API is likely OpenAI's response to the [mini-trend of \"decision models\" that Jev kicked off in mid-September](https://the-decoder.com/former-openai-researcher-builds-an-ai-model-that-judges-options-instead-of-writing-text/).\n\nOpenAI also [cut its paid API tiers](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/rate-limits#usage-tiers) from five down to three: Build, Launch, and Grow. Organizations move up automatically when their total credit purchases hit the next threshold. Monthly usage limits sit at $500, $5,000, and $200,000.\n\n```\nAI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive \"AI Radar\" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section.\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe now\n```\n\n[OpenAI Decisions API](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/decisions)|\n\n[API Limits](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/rate-limits)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-launches-decisions-api-that-reduces-complex-evaluations-to-yes-no-or-pick", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openai-launches-decisions-api-that-reduces-complex-evaluations-to-yes-no-or-pick-one/", "published_at": "2026-10-07 15:36:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-07 15:46:05.241008+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Decisions API", "Responses API", "gpt-6-luna", "Jev"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-launches-decisions-api-that-reduces-complex-evaluations-to-yes-no-or-pick", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-launches-decisions-api-that-reduces-complex-evaluations-to-yes-no-or-pick.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-launches-decisions-api-that-reduces-complex-evaluations-to-yes-no-or-pick.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-launches-decisions-api-that-reduces-complex-evaluations-to-yes-no-or-pick.jsonld"}}