Microsoft Decision-1: A 9B Decision Model That Claims 35x Faster AI Judgments
Microsoft has introduced Decision-1, a compact decision-making model built on Qwen3.5-9B that it says is roughly 35 times faster than GPT-6 Sol on routine AI-agent decisions — priced at $0.042 per million input tokens, with output tokens free. Here is what the launch means, and what Microsoft still needs to prove.