UN teams up with Google to make global data AI-ready

the united nations has launched the un system data commons, a new system built on google's open-source data commons platform, to make its global statistics easier for ai systems to access and use. the platform supports natural-language queries and the model context protocol, allowing ai systems to connect directly to external data sources. a unicef benchmark found that large language models had an average accuracy score of just 21.2% when responding to questions about global development indicators. the un aims to bring 80% of its statistical datasets onto the platform by 2027, with 26 entities committed and data from nearly 20 available at launch.