The goal of the MPAI Multimodal Conversation (MPAI-MMC) standard is to enable forms of human-machine conversation that emulate the human-human one in completeness and intensity. While this is clearly a long-term goal, MPAI is focusing on standards providing frameworks which break down – where possible – complex AI functions to facilitate the formation of a component market where solution aggregators can find AI Modules (called AIM) to build AI Workflows (called AIW) corresponding to standard use cases. The AI Framework…

Q: What is the main objective of MPAI? A: There are many languages in the world, but if we want to reach all interested people we have to use a universally recognised language. The same thing happens with data: the more people understand the format the more value they have. The definition of a universal language for music – the MP3 standard – led to a revolution that many – because they did not know the world before – cannot…

Geneva, Switzerland – 23 August 2022. Today the international, non-profit, unaffiliated Moving Picture, Audio and Data Coding by Artificial Intelligence (MPAI) standards developing organisation has concluded its 23rd General Assembly (MPAI-23). Among the outcomes are three documents produced to facilitate the task of drafting a response to the currently open Calls for Technologies and one document that will facilitate the identification and positioning of the technologies defined in the Multimodal Conversation Use Cases and Functional Requirements V2. MPAI-23 has also…