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		magicalist 51 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chromium Has Merged JpegXL > webp seemed like some ad-hoc pet project in chrome FWIW webp came from the same "research group in google switzerland" that later developed jpegxl.

breppp 51 days ago [–]

I now see that webp lossless is definitely from there, but the webp base format looks acquired from a US startup, was the image format also adapted in the swiss group?

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