OpenAI is testing a new API that could give AI agents a faster and cheaper way to make simple decisions, potentially helping developers keep increasingly autonomous AI systems under control.

The Decisions API, introduced by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the company's Dev Day event, allows a model to choose between a predefined set of options. Rather than asking a large language model to generate a full response, developers can use it for narrower decisions such as classifying an image or selecting how an AI agent should behave.

According to Altman, the API could enable the model to concentrate on a particular choice, making it work........

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