Apple's PICO AI Codec Shrinks Images to One-Third the Size

Sat, 30 May 2026 13:16:20 +0800

Apple’s PICO AI Codec Shrinks Images to One-Third the Size

For more than three decades, image compression technology has followed a familiar path: reduce file size while preserving mathematical measures of image fidelity. From JPEG to HEVC, AV1, and VVC, generations of codecs have focused on optimizing numerical metrics such as Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Structural Similarity Index (SSIM).

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Apple's PICO AI Codec Shrinks Images to One-Third the Size