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Amazon Joins the Decision Model Race With a New Open Source Weapon

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Breaking from the AI frontlines: Amazon just dropped Strands Decider 2B, its own take on TypeSafe's buzzy Jev model. Here's the simple version. Giant LLMs are great at writing essays and chatting, but using them just to pick between a few options is like hiring a novelist to answer yes or no questi…

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  1. 2026-10-02 06:30 · DEV Community — AI
    Amazon Joins the Decision Model Race With a New Open Source Weapon

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