Perplexity released Decider v1.3 and Flash v1.3 on November 13, 2026. These are open‑weight decision models that output probabilities instead of text. Version 1.3 adds a Locate function for extracting text spans. Perplexity says the models achieve 91.6% mean accuracy across 63 query‑classification tasks.
Why it matters
Developers can now use Perplexity’s models to pull specific answer pieces from data with higher reliability.