They’ll have my upvote just for writing ML instead AI. Seriously, this is very exciting developments for audio compression.
Machine learning, statistical models, procedural generation, literally an usage of heuristics are all being called "AI" nowadays which obfuscates the "boring" nature in favor of "exciting buzzword"
Selecting the quality of a video based on your download speed? That's "AI" now.
Yes, that was the reason for my comment. :)