Dr. Fei Yu Xu | Generative AI for Industries | Rise of AI Conference 2023

Discover how generative AI is revolutionizing industries, automating business processes, and empowering companies like SAP to become sustainable, intelligent, and networked enterprises.

Key takeaways
  • Generative AI can be used to create test scripts and code documentation, as well as support employee HR queries.
  • The Hamburg Port Authority is an example of a company using generative AI to automate its business processes.
  • SAP is a pioneer in European Union AI development and has defined AI guiding principles and a global AI ethics policy.
  • The company has a broad portfolio of business applications and is committed to supporting every customer to become a networked, intelligent, and sustainable enterprise.
  • Artificial intelligence is part of the product and is needed for manufacturing companies, creative industries, and others.
  • Generative AI can help companies with sustainability, supply chain resilience, and product development.
  • Europe must not miss the paradigm shift in AI development, and SAP is committed to its European large language model initiative.
  • Design-to-operate and infusing structured data into language models are important concepts in AI development.
  • SAP is partnering with other companies to embed foundational models into business applications and is focused on building AI into its business applications.
  • The company is also engaging in ethical AI development and has established its own ethical AI guidelines in 2018.
  • Generative AI has disrupted the AI conversation and is making it exciting for companies like SAP to adopt it.
  • The company is committed to upskilling teams and staff to work with generative AI and is leveraging large language models to improve its portfolio of business applications.
  • SAP is also working on adaptability and innovation, including infusing structured data into language models to enable prediction and planning.
  • The company is using generative AI to simplify business processes and enable low-touch, no-touch applications.