On the radar·SQL·since September 2026 Beta

ai_decide

ai_decide is a new AI Function in Beta that answers one or more questions about an input in a single call.

What Beta promises

Open to most customers but not for production: support runs through engineering, and the shape of it can still move. On by default on Premium, off on Enterprise.

Who can use itMost customers
Production useNo
SupportEngineering only
On by defaultPremium yes, Enterprise no

The definitions are Databricks' own, on its release types page. The label on this page is the one the feature's documentation states, last checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Where to read more

It is part of something we wrote up: AI functions in SQL — The ai_* family: task-specific functions for parsing, extraction, classification and text work, the general-purpose ai_query, and which of them are actually generally available.

The Databricks documentation for ai_decide

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