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Google's Gemini Decisions API Handles Up to 1,000 Checks Per Request

The API accepts text, images, audio, video and PDFs in a shared submission capped at 256,000 tokens.

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A developer tests video classification software at a Google campus in Mountain View, California. / TokenPost.ai (macro)
A developer tests video classification software at a Google campus in Mountain View, California. / TokenPost.ai (macro)

Developers can use Google's Gemini Decisions API to apply up to 1,000 fixed-answer checks to one large submission, a format aimed at classification and routing tasks that do not require generated prose.

Google opened the API in AI Studio on Nov. 11. It runs on Gemini Decision 1 (gemini-decision-1). The shared input limit is 256,000 tokens, and supported formats span text, images, audio, video and PDFs. A video submission, for instance, can be evaluated against multiple yes-or-no tests together.

The API is built for tasks with a defined set of outcomes. It can return a classification, routing choice or other decision instead of open-ended text. Potential uses include selecting a tool for an AI agent, directing work to a model, checking policy compliance and evaluating retrieved context.

Google says confidence estimates are calibrated to how often decisions prove correct. At the 90% level, its aim is roughly nine correct decisions in 10. Google did not disclose a launch price.

Google's debut comes amid two other fall launches focused on machine decisions. OpenAI opened a public test of its Decisions API Oct. 6; Microsoft followed with Microsoft-Decision-1 on Oct. 9.

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