Astana, 10 November. The Bureau of National Statistics has launched AI TALDAU, an intelligent assistant built into the updated information and analytical system Taldau, the Telegram channel Tengenomika reported.
The assistant delivers official statistics in a conversational format: users no longer need to hunt for data in tables and sections of the site. Results are shown as tables, charts and diagrams; the interface supports Kazakh, Russian and English, and finished materials can be exported to PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel. At the same time the Taldau system itself was updated: search, navigation and visualisation tools were improved. Users can build their own datasets, save results in a personal account and export information in machine-readable formats. The service is aimed at entrepreneurs, analysts, journalists, researchers and state bodies.
In Kazakh “taldau” means “analysis, breakdown”: this is how the system holding the Bureau’s official indicators was named. AI TALDAU is the Bureau’s second AI assistant this year. The first, “AI Stat”, came out of an April pilot and serves as a first line of support: it helps with reporting, builds the list of mandatory forms called “Begunok” by business or individual identification number and selects activity codes, Kazinform said; Bureau head Maksat Turlubayev called it a first stage. By the Bureau’s data, 97% of primary statistical data already arrive electronically and the reporting burden on enterprises has been cut by 30%, the Bureau noted in material for Statistics Workers’ Day.
What the report lacks: which model the assistant runs on, how the accuracy of its answers is checked, how much data it can reach and what the project costs. The details are given as relayed by the Telegram channel; the Bureau’s own statement is not reproduced here.
What it means: Statistics in Kazakhstan is turning conversational: instead of searching through tables, the user asks a question and gets a table or chart. The main question for such a service is not speed but accuracy, and nothing has yet been said about it.
Who benefits: Entrepreneurs, analysts and journalists, for whom access to data becomes easier; the Bureau, which faces less load on its consultants.
Background: The information and analytical system Taldau is the Bureau of National Statistics’ portal that holds official indicators by sector. A machine-readable format is a file a program can process without manual markup, such as CSV or JSON.
