SAP has announced advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), centering around its generative AI copilot, Joule, at the annual SAP TechEd conference. These innovations aim to transform business operations across the globe, with Joule driving 87 percent of global commerce. At the conference, SAP announced new capabilities that complement and extend Joule, including collaborative AI agents imbued with custom skills to complete complex cross-disciplinary tasks, the company said.
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Business Tasks with Collaborative AI Agents
Joule now integrates collaborative AI agents that enhance productivity by supporting 80 percent of SAP's most-used business tasks. These agents can tackle complex workflows and facilitate teamwork across departments. SAP says it now embeds Joule more deeply within the company's portfolio.
"SAP is infusing Joule with multiple collaborative AI agents that will combine their unique expertise across business functions to collaboratively accomplish complex workflows. These AI agents enhance productivity by breaking down silos and freeing workers to concentrate on areas where human ingenuity thrives," SAP said.
Use Cases
Two specific use cases highlighted the power of these collaborative agents. The first, dispute management, employs autonomous AI agents to resolve issues related to incorrect invoices and payment disputes. The second, financial accounting, employs autonomous AI agents to automate bill payments and streamlines invoice processing while efficiently addressing inconsistencies or errors.
"SAP's innovation drives real business outcomes, and today's advancements help customers harness the power of AI, data and new development solutions to catalyse growth," said Muhammad Alam, member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, SAP Product Engineering. "Drawing on SAP's unmatched business and technology expertise, the AI innovations we're announcing at TechEd forge a new human-AI partnership to transform the landscape of modern business."
SAP Knowledge Graph
Additionally, SAP unveiled the SAP Knowledge Graph, set to launch in Q1 2025. This solution will reportedly help users map relationships within SAP's data landscape, empowering organisations to make better data-driven decisions by grounding AI in SAP-specific semantics and reducing the complexity of manual data modelling.
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Empowering Developers
SAP also focused on developer empowerment, introducing new tools designed to drive Business AI innovation. The company says new features in SAP Build aim to expedite development processes for Java and JavaScript programmers. The Extensibility Wizard will simplify integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, while ABAP developers will gain seamless access to ABAP Cloud tools.
Finally, SAP announced that it has successfully met its goal of upskilling 2 million people globally by 2025. The company continues to offer role-based certifications and free training on critical topics such as generative AI and AI ethics.
