https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Discussion-AI-Agent-with-SAS/m-p/983025#M379444 <P>In December 2025, SAS released its <A href="https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/viya/copilot.html" target="_self">SAS Viya Copilot capabilities</A> with the 2025.12 release. This includes an AI code assistant (in VS Code), model building and explanation in Model Studio, and <A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Viya/Full-Demo-SAS-Viya-Copilot-for-Augmented-Analytics/m-p/981735#M3033" target="_self">also "augmented analytics" in SAS Visual Analytics</A> (now in preview, not yet production).</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>SAS Viya Copilot takes advantage of the SAS Viya open architecture and APIs to provide AI-assisted insight and take actions on your behalf. These same APIs make it possible for other AI tools to also access and drive SAS capabilities.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>For SAS 9 users who aren't yet using SAS Viya, I find that AI tools can be very helpful too. Many of them (like GitHub Copilot and Claude) are getting better at understanding and generating SAS programs. Although SAS 9 doesn't have as many open APIs as SAS Viya, those that it does support have been around for a long time, which means that AI tools have a lot of established documentation and examples to train on, and all can help SAS users get more done.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>AI capabilities from SAS are delivered in SAS Viya and other modern fit-for-purpose tools like SAS Data Maker (for synthetic data). SAS is also a major player in the AI governance space, providing customers with a way to manage all of their AI models and capabilities in a way that mitigates risk and bias, and prepares for emerging compliance initiatives in different regions.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If you&nbsp;<STRONG>really</STRONG> want to learn more, <A href="https://www.sas.com/gms/redirect.jsp?detail=PLN32304_581880803" target="_self">be sure to register for SAS Innovate 2026</A>! Full agenda will be published soon, and you'll see a lot of Agentic AI and related topics featured.</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:33:32 GMT ChrisHemedinger 2026-02-04T14:33:32Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Discussion-AI-Agent-with-SAS/m-p/983006#M379436 <P>AI is hot as volcano, and AI Agent is popping out as politicans' promises.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Any workable AI [Agent] with SAS, from basic data cleansing, data analysis/graphing, to optimization alike solution?!</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:31:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Discussion-AI-Agent-with-SAS/m-p/983006#M379436 hellohere 2026-02-04T11:31:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Discussion-AI-Agent-with-SAS/m-p/983025#M379444 <P>In December 2025, SAS released its <A href="https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/viya/copilot.html" target="_self">SAS Viya Copilot capabilities</A> with the 2025.12 release. This includes an AI code assistant (in VS Code), model building and explanation in Model Studio, and <A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Viya/Full-Demo-SAS-Viya-Copilot-for-Augmented-Analytics/m-p/981735#M3033" target="_self">also "augmented analytics" in SAS Visual Analytics</A> (now in preview, not yet production).</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>SAS Viya Copilot takes advantage of the SAS Viya open architecture and APIs to provide AI-assisted insight and take actions on your behalf. These same APIs make it possible for other AI tools to also access and drive SAS capabilities.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>For SAS 9 users who aren't yet using SAS Viya, I find that AI tools can be very helpful too. Many of them (like GitHub Copilot and Claude) are getting better at understanding and generating SAS programs. Although SAS 9 doesn't have as many open APIs as SAS Viya, those that it does support have been around for a long time, which means that AI tools have a lot of established documentation and examples to train on, and all can help SAS users get more done.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>AI capabilities from SAS are delivered in SAS Viya and other modern fit-for-purpose tools like SAS Data Maker (for synthetic data). SAS is also a major player in the AI governance space, providing customers with a way to manage all of their AI models and capabilities in a way that mitigates risk and bias, and prepares for emerging compliance initiatives in different regions.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If you&nbsp;<STRONG>really</STRONG> want to learn more, <A href="https://www.sas.com/gms/redirect.jsp?detail=PLN32304_581880803" target="_self">be sure to register for SAS Innovate 2026</A>! Full agenda will be published soon, and you'll see a lot of Agentic AI and related topics featured.</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:33:32 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Discussion-AI-Agent-with-SAS/m-p/983025#M379444 ChrisHemedinger 2026-02-04T14:33:32Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Discussion-AI-Agent-with-SAS/m-p/986950#M380008 Check out my presentation from SAS Innovate yesterday - slides here: <A href="https://github.com/matise-joe-norc/connect-saspy" target="_blank">https://github.com/matise-joe-norc/connect-saspy</A><BR /><BR />I cover using Claude Code with SAS! Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:55:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Discussion-AI-Agent-with-SAS/m-p/986950#M380008 snoopy369 2026-04-29T13:55:00Z