Latent Space talks OpenAI: Computer Use "180 degrees different", Decisions API shipped in a week
Latent Space · rss · 2026-10-01
Latent Space interviews OpenAI's Ari Weinstein (Computer Use) and Nikunj Handa (API) on DevDay, rebutting Dwarkesh's RLVR framing. Weinstein argues Computer Use is "180 degrees different" from months ago — agents now debug and recover from failures, some tasks run faster than humans — powered by screenshots + accessibility trees + DOM + Playwright. DevDay brought Dots with personal cloud Linux computers, GPT-6.1 Sol at 1/5 the cost of Astra, and Computer Use in the Agents API. Handa breaks down the new stack: Decisions API (a no-reasoning small model with parallel inference, cloned from Jev in a week), async tool calling, mid-turn steering, WebSockets, UltraFast inference, longer prompt caching, and server-side compaction for long-running agents, plus trust/permissions for agents that can pay and browse.
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