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Techday NZ
09-06-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
SAS launches AI models after USD $1 billion investment push
SAS has released a set of artificial intelligence models targeting business processes that are traditionally labour-intensive and time-consuming. The launch is part of a USD $1 billion investment by SAS in industry-focused data and AI solutions intended to streamline specific business bottlenecks. The newly introduced models are designed either for immediate deployment or to serve as a foundation that organisations can quickly customise, enabling faster model training on internal data. SAS states that these packaged models are compatible with existing systems and suitable for organisations regardless of size. Model Applications The available models span several industries. For cross-industry use, SAS has presented AI-Driven Entity Resolution and Document Analysis. Within health care, there is a model focused on Medication Adherence Risk, while manufacturing clients have access to Strategic Supply Chain Optimisation. Public sector releases include Payment Integrity for Food Assistance and Tax Compliance for Sales Tax. SAS has indicated that each model was developed according to its Data Ethics Practice guidelines. According to the company, this ensures the resulting outputs are easy for organisations to understand and explain. SAS asserts that users can improve productivity and return on investment as a result of deploying these solutions, while maintaining an adherence to principles of responsible use. Kathy Lange, Research Director at IDC, commented on the nature and flexibility of the SAS Models portfolio. She said, "SAS Models are based on SAS' core assets, talent and intellectual property from its wealth of experience working with customers to solve industry problems. Between its scalability and seamless integration with existing environments, SAS Models are a great option for those looking to accelerate time to production who might lack the expertise or time to build models from scratch." Future Roadmap In addition to the models now available, SAS outlined plans for expanding its industry-specific AI library. Scheduled for later in 2025 are new models addressing needs in banking (Fraud Decisioning for Payments and Card Models), health care (Payment Integrity for HealthCare), manufacturing (Worker Safety Monitoring) and the public sector (Tax Compliance for Individual Income Tax). SAS also announced it is working on "agentic" versions of its models, designed to increase autonomy within business-specific AI solutions. According to SAS, these forthcoming agentic offerings will aim to further reshape operational efficiency by introducing pre-built agents capable of automating complex data preparation processes. Data Preparation Solution The challenge of preparing large volumes of raw data so that it is suitable for AI model training is significant for many organisations. Data scientists often spend extended periods building and refining data lakes—repositories that structure raw customer data for analysis. SAS is responding to this challenge with an AI agent designed to automate complex data preparation processes, thereby facilitating real-time model operation with minimal manual intervention. "We believe the future of AI lies in agents that are not only intelligent but also responsible, ready-to-use and relevant," said Udo Sglavo, VP of Applied AI and Modeling, R&D at SAS. "Our new industry-specific models, built on decades of domain expertise and guided by our ethics-first approach, represent a bold step toward agentic AI: solutions that think with context, act with purpose and deliver real-world impact." Delivery and Integration SAS reports that organisations implementing its models have access to clear, simplified documentation intended to support transparent and responsible use. Each model can be tailored to meet sector-specific requirements and can supplement existing IT and business infrastructures. The release of these new AI models represents the latest step in SAS' long-term development strategy, continuing its aim to address evolving customer priorities across a range of sectors.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
SAS debuts new, custom AI models to bust business bottlenecks
SAS INNOVATE , ORLANDO, In the latest wave of its $1 billion investment in industry solutions, data and AI leader SAS has debuted a new selection of AI models. Each model addresses a specific labor- and time intensive process that can drag business down. SAS' packaged models come either ready-to-go or intended to tailor and accelerate model training on customer data. All can quickly and easily integrate with the existing systems of organizations of all sizes. Inspired by guidelines from SAS' Data Ethics Practice, customers can rely on SAS' simple documentation to create models that deliver results that are easy to understand and explain. Users are equipped to take back their time and enjoy boosted productivity and return on investment, all while adhering to the highest standards of responsible innovation. The models, available now, include: • Cross-Industry: o AI-Driven Entity Resolution. o Document Analysis. • Health Care: o Medication Adherence Risk. • Manufacturing: o Strategic Supply Chain Optimization. • Public Sector: o Payment Integrity for Food Assistance. o Tax Compliance for Sales Tax. 'SAS Models are based on SAS' core assets, talent and intellectual property from its wealth of experience working with customers to solve industry problems,' said Kathy Lange, Research Director at IDC. 'Between their scalability and seamless integration with existing environments, SAS Models are a great option for those looking to accelerate time to production who might lack the expertise or time to build models from scratch.' A model portfolio on a roll and an agentic sneak preview As SAS continues to lead the future of AI for business , new models will be launched per evolving customer and market demand. Fresh offerings coming in 2025 will include: • Banking: o Fraud Decisioning for Payments and Card Models. • Health Care: o Payment Integrity for Health Care. • Manufacturing: o Worker Safety Monitoring. • Public Sector: o Tax Compliance for Individual Income Tax. As SAS redefines what's possible with pre-built AI innovation, the next chapter includes agentic counterparts to SAS' models, bringing even more autonomy to industry-specific offerings. It can take weeks or months for data scientists to create and fine-tune data lakes: essential repositories that can store, then crunch large amounts of raw customer data in its original format, then restructure and transform it to make it ready for models to use. SAS' answer to this issue: a pre-built AI agent that will automate complex data preparation tasks, helping models run in real time, with no manual data restructuring required. 'We believe the future of AI lies in agents that are not only intelligent but also responsible, ready-to-use and relevant,' said Udo Sglavo, VP of Applied AI and Modeling, R&D at SAS. 'Our new industry-specific models, built on decades of domain expertise and guided by our ethics-first approach, represent a bold step toward agentic AI: solutions that think with context, act with purpose and deliver real-world impact.' Today's announcement was made at SAS Innovate, the data and AI experience for business leaders, technical users and SAS Partners. This year's event is supported by our partner sponsors, including Microsoft, Intel and AWS.
Techday NZ
07-05-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
SAS unveils industry AI models as part of USD $1 billion push
SAS has released a new suite of artificial intelligence models designed to address various business process challenges across different industries. The new models form part of SAS's ongoing USD $1 billion investment in industry-focused solutions and are tailored to tackle labour-intensive and time-consuming tasks which are often a source of inefficiency for businesses. The portfolio includes models that are either fully ready for immediate use or designed to be quickly adapted to an organisation's own data, with the ability to integrate seamlessly into existing systems regardless of the company's size. SAS states that development of these models has been steered by its Data Ethics Practice guidelines. Supporting documentation provided by the company is intended to ensure customers can build, explain, and deploy models that deliver understandable and accountable results. The specific models now available include Cross-Industry AI-Driven Entity Resolution and Document Analysis, Healthcare Medication Adherence Risk, Manufacturing Strategic Supply Chain Optimization, and Public Sector Payment Integrity for Food Assistance as well as Tax Compliance for Sales Tax. Kathy Lange, Research Director at IDC, said: "SAS Models are based on SAS' core assets, talent and intellectual property from its wealth of experience working with customers to solve industry problems. Between their scalability and seamless integration with existing environments, SAS Models are a great option for those looking to accelerate time to production who might lack the expertise or time to build models from scratch." SAS has indicated that its suite of industry-specific models will be expanded over the course of 2025 to address further business needs, responding to customer and market demand. Future additions to the product lineup will cover banking with Fraud Decisioning for Payments and Card Models, healthcare with Payment Integrity for HealthCare, manufacturing with Worker Safety Monitoring, and the public sector with Tax Compliance for Individual Income Tax. The company has also provided insight into its strategy to boost autonomy within its solutions, previewing the development of agentic counterparts to its current models. These agentic offerings are positioned to increase automation in operations tailored for specific sectors. The automation of data preparation is an additional area SAS intends to improve. Building and optimising data lakes—large repositories for raw customer data to be structured for use in models—can be a lengthy process for data scientists. SAS's forthcoming AI agent is described as a pre-built solution that will automatically manage complex data preparation, allowing models to function in real time without any manual restructuring. Udo Sglavo, Vice President of Applied AI and Modelling, R&D at SAS, commented: "We believe the future of AI lies in agents that are not only intelligent but also responsible, ready-to-use and relevant. Our new industry-specific models, built on decades of domain expertise and guided by our ethics-first approach, represent a bold step toward agentic AI: solutions that think with context, act with purpose and deliver real-world impact."
