

Here’s why it doesn’t matter:
“AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an open, royalty-free video coding format initially designed for video transmissions over the Internet. It was developed as a successor to VP9 by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia),[3] a consortium founded in 2015 that includes semiconductor firms, video on demand providers, video content producers, software development companies and web browser vendors.”




There is a huge amount of waste in AI, this is a prime example of it. All that time, effort, compute put into this, and for what? Something that no one will use.
This older article clearly shows the situation https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerberg-firing-hundreds-ai-developers
“Meanwhile, the industry is continuing to search for ways of generating revenue to start making up for billions of dollars in losses.” 😂