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Source and data register

Source and data register

Where Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems gets its data, on what terms, with what quality and with which known gaps.

Publisher
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field
Artificial intelligence, Data and compute
Canvas · draft to published versionDesign, not a record
Source and data register: systematic evidence synthesisA question is framed with its owner and a protocol registered; records are searched, screened and checked for eligibility by two reviewers; data are extracted, synthesised and graded for certainty before a brief is written. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.How a finding is reviewed before it is published. Design, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

The Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems source register lists the datasets and records the platform draws on, such as Stanford HELM (Holistic Evaluation of Language Models), each with its producer, licence and permitted uses, quality and known gaps. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described, and data held by agreement is used under those terms and never republished.

02Geography

Connected activity in East Asia.

For source and data register, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, night lights and land cover with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on East Asia; 3 further NASA layers wait in the list.

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Layers 3

Connected activity, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For source and data register, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, night lights and land cover with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on East Asia; 3 further NASA layers wait in the list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A · NASA HLS S30Sources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
  • Observed (EO): NASA HLS S30 (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • Optional layers (5 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Enhanced vegetation index, rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Vegetation greenness (NDVI), rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra NDVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

03What is recorded

Each source carries five facts.

01

Origin

Who produces the data and how.

02

Access terms

Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.

03

Quality

Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.

04

Provenance

How the data reached the platform and what was changed.

05

Gaps

What is missing and how the gap is handled.

04Register

Every source the topic dossiers cite, with its terms.

SourceWhat it givesTermsUsed in
AI Incident DatabaseReported incidents involving AI systemsOpen, licence to checkAgentic systems
California DMV autonomous vehicle reportsCollision and disengagement reports from permit holdersPublic recordsAutonomous physical systems
Canada Directive on Automated Decision-Making and its impact assessment toolA model for impact assessment requirementsPublic, Government of Canada termsAi and public services
Court and ombudsman decisions on automated decision-makingLegal findings on public sector algorithmsPublic recordsAi and public services
Developer system cards describing agent safeguardsDeveloper-reported agent evaluations and controlsPublic documents, terms per developerAgentic systems
ENISA reports on AI cybersecurityThreat landscape and good practice for securing AIPublic, ENISA termsAi cyber security
Epoch AI benchmark and model databasesCompiled benchmark results and model characteristicsOpen, CC BY 4.0Model evaluation
Epoch AI data on notable models and computeTraining compute and hardware trendsOpen, CC BY 4.0Compute and energy
Eurostat ICT usage in enterprises surveyShare of enterprises using AIOpen, Eurostat reuse policyLabour and social effects
Government algorithm and AI registers, such as the UK Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard recordsPublic records of algorithmic tools in useOpen, Open Government Licence where applicableAi and public services
Grid operator interconnection queues and planning reportsRequested connections and load forecastsPublic records, terms per operatorCompute and energy
IEA Energy and AI analysis and data centre electricity estimatesGlobal and regional data centre electricity demandLicence per product (to check)Compute and energy
ILO studies on generative AI exposure of occupationsOccupational exposure estimates by country and genderPublic, ILO termsLabour and social effects
International AI Safety ReportSynthesis of evidence on capabilities, risks and evaluation limitsPublic, terms per publisherModel evaluation
ISO 10218 and ISO/TS 15066Safety requirements for industrial and collaborative robotsLicensed standards, purchase requiredAutonomous physical systems
Joint guidance from national cyber agencies on secure AI system developmentSecure design, development, deployment and operationPublic, terms per agencyAi cyber security
Materials ProjectComputed materials properties for screeningOpen, CC BY 4.0Ai in science
MITRE ATLASAdversarial tactics and techniques against AI systems, with case studiesPublic, licence to checkAi cyber security
MLCommons benchmarks, including AILuminateStandardised performance and safety benchmarksPublic results, MLCommons terms (to check)Model evaluation
Model cards and system cards from developersDeveloper-reported evaluations and limitationsPublic documents, terms per developerModel evaluation
National audit office reports on algorithmsIndependent audits of public sector AIPublic records, licence per officeAi and public services
National occupational injury statisticsInjuries involving machinery and robotsPublic records, licence per governmentAutonomous physical systems
National Vulnerability Database and CVE recordsVulnerabilities in AI softwarePublic domain, US governmentAi cyber security
NHTSA Standing General Order crash reportsCrashes involving automated driving and driver assistance systems in the USPublic domain, US governmentAutonomous physical systems
NIST adversarial machine learning taxonomyTerminology and taxonomy of attacks and mitigationsPublic domain, US governmentAi cyber security
NIST AI Risk Management FrameworkPractices for governing and measuring AI riskPublic domain, US governmentAgentic systems
OECD Employment Outlook and AI in work studiesEvidence on AI adoption and labour effectsPublic, OECD termsLabour and social effects
OECD.AI Policy ObservatoryGovernment AI policies and the AI Incidents MonitorPublic, OECD termsAi and public services
Online job posting data such as Lightcast summariesDemand for AI skillsCommercial; public summaries (to check)Labour and social effects
Operator sustainability reportsEnergy, water and emissions disclosuresPublic documents, terms per operatorCompute and energy
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and agentic security guidanceRisks such as prompt injection and excessive agencyOpen, CC BY-SA 4.0Agentic systems
Princeton reproducibility studies on ML-based scienceSurvey of leakage and reproducibility failuresLicence per publicationAi in science
Protein Data Bank and AlphaFold Protein Structure DatabaseExperimental and predicted protein structuresOpen, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 respectivelyAi in science
Published agent benchmarks such as SWE-bench and related suitesTask-based evaluation of agentsOpen, licence per benchmark (to check)Agentic systems
Publisher and funder policies on AI useRules on authorship, disclosure and reviewPublic, terms per publisherAi in science
Stanford AI IndexCompiled indicators on AI adoption, investment and labourPublic, licence to checkLabour and social effects
Stanford HELM (Holistic Evaluation of Language Models)Open, multi-metric evaluations of language modelsOpen source, Apache 2.0 for code; results publicModel evaluation
TOP500 and Green500 listsPerformance and energy efficiency of supercomputersPublic, TOP500 termsCompute and energy
UNECE regulations on automated driving, including UN Regulation No. 157Type approval requirements for automated lane keeping and related systemsPublic, UNECE termsAutonomous physical systems
WeatherBench and related benchmarksStandard evaluation of data-driven weather modelsOpen, licence per benchmark (to check)Ai in science
05Known gaps

Where the AI data record is thin.

  • Incident reporting from deployments.
  • Evaluation of AI in low-resource languages.
  • Data on AI use inside public institutions.
  • Energy data for training and inference.
06Status

How the register grows.

Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.

07Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
ProvenanceInformation about the entities, activities and people involved in producing a record, used to judge its quality and reliability, in the W3C PROV model.
FAIR principlesGuiding principles that make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable by people and machines.
Open licenceA licence that allows anyone to access, reuse and redistribute data, sometimes with attribution.
Data lineageThe traceable path of data from its origin through each transformation to its current form.
08Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

Can I suggest a data source?
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