Meet Jeff. The new kid on the AI block!

Not every business problem requires AI that generates content. Sometimes you just need AI to make a decision. And apparently, there's a new player making quite a bit of noise in that space.

Yesterday, @Shlomit Gruman - Navot and I had a great conversation with @Guus Bobeldijk, and among other things we learned about Jeff. Never heard of it? Neither had I.

Jeff is an open-source AI decision model. Unlike ChatGPT or Claude, which generate answers, Jeff is designed to make quick decisions between predefined options, with probability scores.

Why is this interesting? Because sometimes all you need is a quick answer: Is this document relevant? Where should this customer request go? Does this item meet our criteria?

And Jeff can make these decisions quickly and at a fraction of the computational cost.

Guus shared a great example: He's building an audio-tour app for people walking the Camino de Santiago. He uses Jeff to scan thousands of Wikipedia articles and identify which stories are worth including, based on predefined criteria.

It's a nice reminder that practical AI isn't always about generating more content. Sometimes it's about making thousands of small decisions faster and more efficiently.

Anyone here already experimenting with Jeff or similar decision models? Would love to hear what you're doing with them!

An interesting read if you're curious:
https://advisoryhour.substack.com/p/jevs-cousin-jeff-context-to-probability