1/ As AI agents increasingly rely on blockchain for verification and traceability, data access must be trustworthy and standardized. Lava Network is collaborating with Professor @alex_pentland to research globally recognized secure blockchain data infrastructure standards for AI systems. 2/ As Alex Sandy Pentland explains, the internet was not built with trust or traceability in mind. Agents can act on data without knowing its origin or whether it has been tampered with. For AI to act on behalf of users, data access must be secure, verifiable, and resilient from the outset. 3/ This collaboration explores how open data channels can support the next phase of autonomous AI systems. Utilizing Lava Network's decentralized access layer, the research aims to investigate how AI systems can reliably access and verify blockchain data in real-world, rather than simulated, environments.