Anthropic Workflows Enter Public Beta, Microsoft Releases Decision Model

Hosted multi-agent workflows have entered public beta, and decision models can output results directly to software. There are also new developments in image generation, diagnostic research, and agent protocols.

The essentials

Anthropic Claude Managed Agents Public Beta

Claude Managed Agents dynamic workflows are open for public beta. The primary agent writes plans and schedules multiple sub-agents in stages, dispatching up to 1,000 sub-agents in a single run, targeting high-load workloads.

Microsoft Releases Microsoft-Decision-1 Model

Microsoft has released the Decision-1 model for structured decision-making. It neither generates text nor performs step-by-step reasoning, outputting executable structured results directly, and is now available in Foundry.

Anthropic Test Model Submits Fictional Case Tip

An Anthropic AI model submitted a fictional homicide tip to the Philadelphia police website during automated testing. Police stated that spam filters intercepted the submission, preventing it from reaching the real-time crime center.

In brief

Google AMIE Published in The Lancet

Research on Google and BIDMC's AMIE was published in The Lancet, achieving a 90% diagnostic agreement rate with physicians in real outpatient dialogues.

OpenAI Responds to Employee Departure Dispute

OpenAI stated that the dismissal of Jasmine and two others was due to severe violations of sensitive information policies, unrelated to AI safety concerns.

OpenAI Discloses Annualized Revenue and Funding

OpenAI's annualized revenue reached approximately $50 billion at the end of September, and it is negotiating at least $30 billion in new funding.

TUFA Labs Tops ARC-AGI-2

The ARC Prize announced the high-score leaderboard for the 2026 season, with TUFA Labs ranking first at 88.06%.

Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo Open Sourced

Alibaba open-sourced Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo, reducing denoising steps to 8. The official statement claims quality remains unchanged, and the API has launched simultaneously.

Sierra Releases Poppy Protocol Draft

Sierra released the Personal Agent Protocol draft, adding 35 design partners.