MPAI publishes the "MPAI as a Service" Call for Technologies and the MPAI Metaverse Model standard V2.2 for Community Comments

Geneva, Switzerland - 18th March 2026. MPAI - Moving Picture, Audio and Data Coding by Artificial Intelligence - the international, non-profit, unaffiliated organisation developing AI-based data coding standards - has concluded its 66th General Assembly (MPAI-66) publishing a Call for Technologies (https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-aif/v3-0/call-for-technologies/ ) regarding the planned "MPAI as a Service" (MaaS) standard and MPAI Metaverse Model - Technologie (MMM-TEC) V2.2 (https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-mmm/tec/v2-2/)

MPAI as a Service is the code name of the target service that would make it possible for a client application to access sophisticated AI processing services by launching an AI Workflow downloaded from the MPAI Store by a remote MPAI AI Framework (MPAI-AIF https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-aif/v2-2/ )processing environment. The Call requests technologies that leverage the MPAI-AIF Application Programming Interface for the reduction of the MPAI Store traffic when downloading AI Workflow components, such as bulky neural network models, from the required certified distributed repository servers.

The next steps are:
- Register to attend the 30 March online presentations of the Call at 8:00 (https://tinyurl.com/ypr974v2) and 15:00 UTC.( https://tinyurl.com/4d22n2m3)
- Submit a response to the Call to the secretariat@mpai.community by 13 April at 16 UTC.
- Start the MPAI as a Service standard development on 15 April (MPAI-67).

MPAI-66 has also reached another important milestone with the publication of Version 2.2 of the now well-established MPAI Metaverse Model - Technologies (MMM-TEC https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-mmm/tec/v2-2/ )) standard. This new version adds a major set of technologies enabling the deployment of a sophisticated virtual economy and a new open-source implementation of MMM-TEC based on OpenSimulator. The standard is published with a Request for Community Comments until 11 May. Learn about the opportunities offered by the new MMM-TEC version by registering to attend the public online presentation on 9 April at 15:00 UTC (https://tinyurl.com/4kdxz9wj).

Geneva, Switzerland - 18th March 2026. MPAI - Moving Picture, Audio and Data Coding by Artificial Intelligence - the international, non-profit, unaffiliated organisation developing AI-based data coding standards - has concluded its 66th General Assembly (MPAI-66) publishing a Call for Technologies (https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-aif/v3-0/call-for-technologies/ ) regarding the planned "MPAI as a Service" (MaaS) standard and MPAI Metaverse Model - Technologie (MMM-TEC) V2.2 (https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-mmm/tec/v2-2/)

MPAI as a Service is the code name of the target service that would make it possible for a client application to access sophisticated AI processing services by launching an AI Workflow downloaded from the MPAI Store by a remote MPAI AI Framework (MPAI-AIF https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-aif/v2-2/ )processing environment. The Call requests technologies that leverage the MPAI-AIF Application Programming Interface for the reduction of the MPAI Store traffic when downloading AI Workflow components, such as bulky neural network models, from the required certified distributed repository servers.
The next steps are:
- Register to attend the 30 March online presentations of the Call at 8:00 (https://tinyurl.com/ypr974v2) and 15:00 UTC.( https://tinyurl.com/4d22n2m3)
- Submit a response to the Call to the secretariat@mpai.community by 13 April at 16 UTC.
- Start the MPAI as a Service standard development on 15 April (MPAI-67).
MPAI-66 has also reached another important milestone with the publication of Version 2.2 of the now well-established MPAI Metaverse Model - Technologies (MMM-TEC https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-mmm/tec/v2-2/ )) standard. This new version adds a major set of technologies enabling the deployment of a sophisticated virtual economy and a new open-source implementation of MMM-TEC based on OpenSimulator. The standard is published with a Request for Community Comments until 11 May. Learn about the opportunities offered by the new MMM-TEC version by registering to attend the public online presentation on 9 April at 15:00 UTC (https://tinyurl.com/4kdxz9wj).
MPAI is continuing the development of its work plan that involves the following activities:
1.AI Framework https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-aif/ (MPAI-AIF): extending the MPAI-AIF specification to enable a client to access a remote MPAI-AIF Controller and an AI Module to communicate data to another AIM with associate metadata.
2.AI for Health https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-aih/ (AIH-HSP): developing the specification of a system receiving and processing licenses AI Health Data and enabling clients to improve health processing models via federated learning.
3.Context-based Audio Enhancement https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-cae/ (CAE-USC): developing the Audio Six Degrees of Freedom (CAE-6DF) and the Audio Object Rendering (CAE-AOR) specifications.
4.Connected Autonomous Vehicle https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-cav/ (CAV-TEC): developing a new version of the flagship specification CAV-TEC with security support.
5.Compression and Understanding of Industrial Data https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-cui/ (CUI-CPP): expecting comments on the Company Performance Prediction V2.0 specification.
6.End-to-End Video Coding https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-eev/ (MPAI-EEV): exploring the potential of AI-based End-to-End Video coding in compressing video sequences.
7.AI-Enhanced Video Coding https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-evc/ (MPAI-EVC): exploring use of AI to enhance the video codec performance.
8.Governance of the MPAI Ecosystem https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-gme/ (MPAI-GME): operating the MPAI Ecosystem per the MPAI-GME Specification.
9.Human and Machine Communication https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-hmc/ (MPAI-HMC): exploring the use of AI in human-to-machine and machine-to-machine communication.
10.Multimodal Conversation https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-mmc/ (MPAI-MMC): exploring the impact of the PGM-AUA Call for Technologies on human-to-machine and machine-to-machine conversation.
11.MPAI Metaverse Model https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-mmm/ (MMM-TEC): developing security-protected protocols in the MMM-TEC specification.
12.Neural Network Watermarking https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-nnw/ (NNW-TEC): Developing the new Neural Network Watermarking (MPAI-NNW) - Technologies (NNW-TEC) including assessments of Neural Network Traceability Technologies.
13.Object and Scene Description https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-osd/ (MPAI-OSD): discussing the impact of MPAI standards planned or under development on MPAI-OSD V1.4.
14.Portable Avatar Format https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-paf/v1-2/ (MPAI-PAF): discussing the impact of MPAI standards planned or under development on MPAI-PAF V1.5.
15.AI Module Profiles https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-prf/ (MPAI-PRF): extending the scope of the current version of AI Module Profiles.
16.Server-based Predictive Multiplayer Gaming https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-spg/ (MPAI-SPG): exploring new standard opportunities in the domain.
17.Data Types, Formats, and Attributes https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-tfa/ (MPAI-TFA) extending the standard to data types used by MPAI standards that are planned or under development.
18.XR Venues https://mpai.community/standards/mpai-xrv/ (XRV-LTP): developing the standard for improved execution of Live Theatrical Performances using AI.
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Moving Picture, Audio and Data Coding by Artificial Intelligence (MPAI) is an international non-profit organisation with the mission is to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled digital data compression specifications, with clear Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) licensing frameworks,
1. Of Moving Picture, Audio and Data Coding, especially using new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, and
2. That facilitate integration of Moving Picture, Audio and Data coding components into systems.

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