# Microsoft releases decision model on Alibaba's Qwen

> Microsoft-Decision-1 picks between fixed options instead of generating text, built on Alibaba's open-weight model and priced at $0.042 per million input tokens.
- Title: Microsoft releases decision model on Alibaba's Qwen | Shortify
- Summary: Microsoft-Decision-1 picks between fixed options instead of generating text, built on Alibaba's open-weight model and priced at $0.042 per million input…
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- Source: The Next Web — https://thenextweb.com/news/microsoft-decision-1-qwen-decision-model
- Author: Ana Maria Constantin
- Published: 2026-10-12T08:59:51+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: microsoft, alibaba, qwen, decision models, ai, large language models, technology, startups
## Microsoft builds decision model on Qwen
Microsoft released Microsoft-Decision-1 on October ninth. It picks between fixed answer options instead of writing text. Microsoft built it on Alibaba's open-weight Qwen three point five nine B model.

> Decision models are quickly emerging as an important new category in AI.
## What Microsoft-Decision-1 does
Given fixed options, the model returns a calibrated probability score for each one. It handles yes or no questions, multiple choice and ratings. It can grade AI responses and agent actions against a rubric.
## Microsoft claims speed and accuracy wins
Microsoft-Decision-1 scored highest accuracy across thirty six benchmarks covering nearly one hundred fifty thousand questions.
## Decision models market grows crowded
Input costs zero point zero four two dollars per million tokens.OpenAI's Decisions API is in public beta.Cloudflare, Strands, Liquid AI, Perplexity and Snowflake have announced decision models.
## Key takeaway

Microsoft released Microsoft-Decision-1, a decision model built on Alibaba's Qwen that selects between fixed options rather than generating text, entering a crowded market with over one hundred competing models.