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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by Gasp0de on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:21AM (#50437514)
This article is so confusing. For example, they say they tried the Strands Decider model and dismissed it for Gemma, then they continue to call the model they used Strands Decider? Did I miss something?
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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by ahoka on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:41AM (#50437630)
Not exactly sure, but as I understand this version of Strands is Gemma fine tuned for decision.
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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by ninjalanternshk on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:14AM (#50438228)
This article explains it better (and rather colorfully)

https://strandsagents.com/blog/introducing-strands-decider/

They lopped the head off an existing Qwen or Gemma model and used its torso with their new head.

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Re:Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strand... by MisterMunchkin on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:38AM (#50438892)
It appears they just re-label other people’s models and call it a decision model.
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