Artificial Intelligence Blog Posts

When will we leave cave painting behind us?

39'000 years ago, our ancestors defined the two-dimensional user interface we still stick to today. What's next?

Generative AI - Structured Data Extraction - The release of Chain of Tables

In the realm of natural language processing, question answering over tabular data, also known as TableQA, presents a big challenge. SAP, in consequence, presents a challenge in enhancing Large Language Models' (LLMs) proficiency in reasoning over its...

Do we have too much AI these days?

AI, AI, AI... Share volume of mentioning of AI scares me – not because I believe AI is currently capable of the “Judgment Day”[1] – but because I believe we do have too many talks, and too high expectation of AI, and especially Generative AI. It’s j...

Trustworthy AI: How to make artificial intelligence understandable

Trustworthy AI: How to make artificial intelligence (AI) understandable Why is it that people don’t trust Artificial Intelligence (AI)? The results of a recent survey puts the situation in a nutshell: (US-American) people trust AI to pick their fil...

My take on the Generative AI Ethics by SAP

The revolution is coming! It is closer than most people think. I have no doubt that artificial intelligence will change the world, society, the job market, our lives. You can disagree about the scale of the change, the scope of the opportunities, and...

Using Generative AI to Bring Enterprise Data Context Without Moving the Data: A Technical Exploration

Overview: Generative AI (Gen AI) is a rapidly evolving field with the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with enterprise data. Unlike traditional AI models, which are trained on specific tasks, Gen AI models can be trained to generate ...

Part two: Andrew Kisslo on the Impact of AI and how it can help our Partners

What are you personally excited by that you think will make a profound difference in the way businesses operate? “I’ll admit I’m a great optimist, I’ve seen several of these paradigm shifts in the past, including one not so long ago that SAP was a p...

Part One: Andrew Kisslo on the Impact of AI and how it can help our Partner

“Ultimately, I think the impact is going to be positive.” Andrew Kisslo, Head of Global Partner Marketing, shares his views on Artificial Intelligence and how partners can use it to enhance their digital marketing capabilities. What impact do you ...

Unlocking business insights by integrating Machine Learning in SAP Data Intelligence Cloud

The blog here provides guidance on developing a fundamental ML project within SAP Data Intelligence, demonstrating the creation of an ARIMA model in Python. By employing a date range and sales data, we aim to forecast sales for the next 30 days. Subs...

SAP Partner Live Makes a Clear Case for Cloud

The October 24 episode of SAP Partner Live featured SAP experts and executives who stressed that SAP customers’ future, survival, and success hinge on leveraging the power of cloud solutions to innovate and optimize business outcomes. Key takeaways f...

A Cool use of Open AI in Eclipse

Introduction This blog is a follow-up to my previously published blog A Cool use of Open AI in SAP GUI Editor | SAP Blogs. Thanks for all the feedback on this blog. Two of them were really important: How to have similar integration done from E...

AI Challenge | Web Scraping with Generative AI

The blog State of GenAI in the SAP Community 09/2023 is a great analysis of the applicability of GenAI. I had the following conversation, which you can find in the comments: Sergiu: How did you collect statistics for Overview SAP Community Insights ...

ChatGPT-SAP Integration | Challenges and Solutions: Final Blog of Series “ChatGPT and SAP”

Blog 1: How ChatGPT works Blog 2: How SAP Customers are Using ChatGPT Blog 3: ChatGPT for Business Process Optimization & Data Cleansing Blog 4: ChatGPT-SAP Integration | Challenges and Solutions The promise of combining ChatGPT and SAP is ...

A natural language query dashboard on your SAP S4/HANA data

Summary Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) allows for adding knowledge from external sources into a Large Language Model (LLM) prompt. In this blog post I will be using this approach for using an LLM to retrieve data from an SAP S4/HANA system...

Welcome to the Artificial Intelligence Community Group!

It has never been a more exciting time for AI! With the recent mass adoption of ChatGPT by OpenAI, Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are dominating headlines and making AI a part of every business conversation. Join our AI community grou...

ChatGPT Knows Who Ate the Chocolate Cake

AI as an Agent of Empathy? This article explores whether AI can guess at the motivations behind actions performed by humans. Specifically, it looks at the ability of OpenAI’s ChatGPT to display, or at least mimic, ‘theory-of-mind’--that essential q...

Using T5's Few-Shot Learning to Spot Phishing Emails in French

In an era where cybersecurity threats, especially phishing, are becoming increasingly prevalent, it's crucial to understand both the strengths and limitations of machine learning tools in protecting our digital environment. SAP Labs France, in collab...

Generative AI for SAP Part IV. LLMs orchestration using ReAct, Agents and ToT

I insist that the future of SAP BTP lies in the language models, how they interact with code generation, and how we interact with code generation using LLMs to solve some fundamental challenges. A historical and growing challenge exists for an SAP en...

The Pivotal Role of Generative AI in Tomorrow’s World

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from a fringe science fiction concept into a practical technology shaping multiple aspects of our daily lives. Within the broad sphere of AI, Generative AI has emerged as a particularly powerful and transforma...

The Innovation Conversation: The New Frontier

Innovation Conversation: The New Frontier Artificial Intelligence is rapidly expanding into new areas, from healthcare to smart virtual assistants and from self-driving cars to checkout-free shopping. And Generative AI, which creates new ideas and co...

Sales in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition – Automated Order Process with SAP´s Intelligent Technologies

Customer behavior, post-pandemic economic recovery, extreme heatwaves, and drought due to climate change, inflation, supply chain disruption, and an energy crisis have caused many challenges for companies. This greatly influences the innovations that...

Generative AI for SAP Part III. LLMs with Database Queries using Natural Language (NLQ)

Thank you for coming to this blog series. In my first blog, I introduced the idea of Foundation Models for SAP and how to deploy them on our private account, private vs. public access topics, which will evolve. In my second blog, I introduced the co...

AI from the Perspective of Animal Rights

Recently I was in the car on a road trip and found myself listening to some TED Talks to help pass the time. This one particular session was around the ethical treatment of animals and, while not something I normally listen as I mainly focus on Scie...

Generative AI for SAP using AWS Part II. Model Customizing (with RAG)

This is a series of blogs I am writing for SAP Tech leaders who want to understand how to use Generative AI from an SAP and Enterprise perspective using the AWS platform. I know this is an immature technology, and this series of blogs will age reall...

Generative AI for SAP using AWS. Private Domains and Foundation Models

Intro Generative AI is a pretty new set of technologies for SAP. In this series of blogs, which I believe will need to be updated frequently, I will deep dive into the options available on why applying and how to apply Generative AI for our SAP syste...

The Art of Creation: Unveiling Generative AI and Its Transformative Use Cases

Introduction "Generative AI was mentioned several times during my recent All Hands Meeting." As a result, I investigated the basic use cases and its creative skills, as well as why it is critical for all of us to understand. As a result, I'm sharing...

How SAP Customers are using ChatGPT: Blog 2 of Series “ChatGPT and SAP”

Blog 1: How ChatGPT works Blog 2: How SAP Customers are Using ChatGPT Blog 3: ChatGPT for Business Process Optimization & Data Cleansing Blog 4: ChatGPT-SAP Integration | Challenges and Solutions Welcome to the second part of our fascinatin...

Top 10 ChatGPT Prompts: Boosting Creativity in Marketing and Beyond

In the exciting world of marketing, it's all about standing out, being creative, and making an impact that resonates. And we're about to take you on a journey that will revolutionize the way you approach your marketing strategies. This isn't just ano...

LLAMA2: Testing a Tiny LLM with Hugging Face & SAP BTP

NOTE: The views and opinions expressed in this blog are my own Meta have recently made available their Llama2 Large Language Models (LLM) for free, for commercial usage. https://ai.meta.com/llama/ Though they may lack the breadth and depth of kno...

How ChatGPT works: Blog 1 of Series "ChatGPT and SAP"

Blog 1: How ChatGPT works Blog 2: How SAP Customers are Using ChatGPT Blog 3: ChatGPT for Business Process Optimization & Data Cleansing Blog 4: ChatGPT-SAP Integration | Challenges and Solutions Welcome to this blog series, where we'll exp...

Simplify your LLM Chatbot Demos with SAP BTP and Gradio

NOTE: The views and opinions expressed in this blog are my own In this blog I will demonstrate how you can quickly build a custom LLM Chatbot Demo with Gradio in under 100 lines of code, running on SAP BTP. Gradio's agility makes it a quick solution...

Enabling Business Transformation with Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Last year my curiosity deepened, I sought to gain a comprehensive understanding of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This led me to enroll in MIT's leading business growth 6-month course, an opportunity for which I am immensely grateful t...

Building Trust in AI: YouTube Transcript OpenAI Assistant

Author: iatco.sergiu There are a lot of debates about how to trust Artificial Intelligence Large language models. In this blog post, I will further explore the capabilities of OpenAI API by developing an interactive application to build trust. Open...

NLP, NLU And NLG:

Natural language processing enables computers to speak with humans in their native language while also automating other language-related processes. NLP, for example, enables computers to read text, hear voice, analyse it, gauge sentiment, and ident...

The Power of ChatGPT: How to Improve Decision-Making with Artificial Intelligence

Imagine a world where machines can communicate intelligently, analyze vast amounts of data within seconds, and make informed decisions that push businesses to unparalleled heights. We are living in that world now. Artificial Intelligence (AI) 's dawn...

Resiliency with AI in Supply Chain

Product shortages and supply-chain disruptions have dominated the headlines in the past few years, fueled by the far-reaching impact of pandemics, natural disasters, and political instability. Supply chain teams must predict, prepare, and respond to ...

Simple RPA: How to Automate a start-stop process in an SAP system (Linux)

A few weeks ago, we discussed how an SAP system could be set up to be “externally-signed”, i.e. trusted so that the system is truly what someone may claim it to be. This is the root of all SSL trust relationships. Now that we have set up such a tru...

Empowering People: The Synergy of Artificial Intelligence and Human Resources

In an age where technology is the linchpin of progress, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer across various industries. In Human Resources (HR), AI’s footprint is becoming increasingly dominant. The seamless integration of AI in...

AI Driven ITIL Practices

In the first part of 2023, I began investigating the implications of AI for the software industry, IT service management, and society in general. I will continue my research and offer my thoughts on everything interesting and futuristic that I come ...

GenAI : Lets get Future Ready

Much has been said and written about ChatGPT, which has undoubtedly changed how the world looks at AI and technology. This article talks about what Generative AI/ChatGPT seems like from a layman's point of view. Just my 2 cents and not a plethora...

Harnessing the Supernova: AI in 2023 and its Seismic Shift in Software Development

As the digital world continuously metamorphoses, Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerges like a blazing supernova at the heart of the technology galaxy. The year 2023 has seen AI advancements sprint at a breakneck pace, revolutionizing various industrie...

Future of Work: AI Powered Project Management

AI is no longer limited to the most advanced IT and technological fields. Project Management is one of the more conventional and non-technical fields where it is progressively encroaching. What effects will this have on project managers? What inform...

SAP Machine Learning Embedding in OpenAI

Author: iatco.sergiu "Have you ever wished to ask an AI agent questions about selected thousands of pages after you have woken up from a good sleep?" I wrote the blog “Hello, world!” your crafted chat GPT bot!" about how to use OpenAI API to submi...

Leverage the brand new ‘Support Knowledge Search’ in SAP for Me

Self-service relies on a knowledge experience for our users that is effortless and intelligent. For this reason, we are especially pleased to announce the launch of a new ‘Support Knowledge Search’ experience, starting May 23, 2023. This new experien...

Summary Blog: From SAP ONE Support Launchpad to SAP for Me

**Update on June 23, 2023** Starting June 29, 2023, the SAP ONE Support Launchpad will redirect you to SAP for Me without further prompts. Find more information in My Support. The SAP ONE Support Launchpad is migrating to SAP for Me as your cen...

"Hello, world!" your crafted chat GPT bot!

Author: iatco.sergiu So far, I think most of us have tested and used chatGPT for various tasks. Perhaps you tried, as well as other tools built on top like MONICA or Jupyter Notebook extensions for data science projects. Once you understand how tool...

Efficient Online Bayesian Change Point Detection with a Memory-Saving Mechanism for Continuous Monitoring

Change point detection in time series data plays a crucial role across various domains. In a previous blog post, we showcased the application of Bayesian Change Point Detection using the Python machine learning client for SAP HANA(hana-ml). However, ...

Can Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics create Business Value?

Introduction Machine learning and predictive analytics are transforming the business world in countless ways, from improving operational efficiencies to optimizing marketing strategies. Companies that harness the power of these technologies can gain ...

SAP Community Call: AI Ethics at SAP - Putting our Guiding Principles into Practice

Dear SAP Community, We're thrilled to offer you a new SAP Community Call focused on one of the most trending topics of the IT industry right now: artificial intelligence (AI). Trustworthy AI is one of the three key pillars that SAP’s AI strategy is b...

SAP HANA Cloud Machine Learning Challenge "I quit!" - Understanding metrics

Author: iatco.sergiu I participated in the SAP HANA ML Challenge - Employee Churn and I came in second place . I would like to thank the entire SAP expert team for the initiative and organization! Presentation of the winners' solutions on YouTub...