# OpenAI launches Decisions API that reduces complex evaluations to yes, no, or pick one > Source: > Published: 2026-10-07 15:36:39+00:00 # OpenAI launches Decisions API that reduces complex evaluations to yes, no, or pick one **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. The 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/). OpenAI 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. ``` AI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans Subscribe 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. Subscribe now ``` [OpenAI Decisions API](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/decisions)| [API Limits](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/rate-limits)