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SAP Sapphire 2023: The Biggest News In AI, S/4HANA Cloud
Wade Tyler Millward
During SAP Sapphire 2023, the vendor’s news and announcements included Business AI for S/4HANA Cloud updates and Sustainability Data Exchange.

Advancements in SAP Business AI for S/4HANA Cloud and other offerings. An exchange for sustainability data. And expanded access to SAP Learning Hub for partners and consultants to gain new skills and certification.
These are among the biggest news to come out of this year’s SAP Sapphire, which runs through Wednesday in Orlando.
The Germany-based enterprise software vendor’s investments in artificial intelligence and machine learning come as vendors, solution providers and business customers explore more use cases for generative AI that can create text, code and media based on user queries.
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SAP Sapphire 2023 News
SAP has about 6,300 worldwide channel partners, 590 of them in North America, according to CRN’s 2022 Channel Chiefs. Neither SAP or SAP America disclosed partner numbers in the 2023 edition.
Microsoft and Google have dominated headlines for consumer-facing generative AI products including ChatGPT by Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Bard by Google. Vendors including Salesforce, IBM and multiple cybersecurity companies have announced and launched advancements using the technology with the promise of saving workers time and making up for the labor gap in tech.
Read on for some of the other biggest announcements out of Sapphire 2023.