Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web - TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services has released an open-source decision model called Strands Decider 2B, according to a TechCrunch report. TechCrunch's headline describes the release as Amazon's own clone of Jev. Jev is the decision model from TypeSafe, which Strands Decider 2B is described as being inspired by.

The report describes Strands Decider 2B as a high-speed, low-cost way to sort between pre-decided options. As described, its job is to choose among options that have already been settled rather than to generate them. It also delivers a measure of how confident it is in its choice, per the report. The model is fully open-sourced and available now, and it is small enough to run locally. According to TechCrunch, it briefly reached the top spot on the Jevbench ranking for models of its size.

TechCrunch frames the release against a broader wave of decision models, describing them in the headline as flooding the web. The ranking the model topped, Jevbench, is described as covering models in the same size class as Strands Decider 2B. The excerpt gives no parameter count, no license terms, and no release timing beyond the model being available now, and it does not say how long Strands Decider 2B held the top Jevbench position. No details are given about training data, evaluation methods, or who at Amazon Web Services led the release.