The centres provide free specialist services for eligible SMEs in National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) priority sectors across Australia.

Services include training courses, one-on-one consultations and roadmaps, technology demonstrations and AI safety guidance.

Find out more about each AI Adopt Centre and how they can help your business:

The Small to Medium Enterprise Centre of Artificial Intelligence (SMEC AI) helps SMEs to adopt AI solutions in the medical science, agriculture, enabling technologies and renewables and low emissions technology sectors.

They provide two free programs:

  • The SME AI Adoption Centre helps SMEs to adopt existing AI solutions through one-on-one consultations, short courses and an online self-service platform.
  • The SME AI Studio works with SMEs to create and support new AI products to solve industry problems.

Find out more about SMEC AI

The ARM Hub AI Adopt Centre helps businesses to learn more about AI and robotics, and what they need to leverage AI effectively, particularly in the field of manufacturing.

The ARM Hub AI Adopt Centre partners with 28 organisations across Australia to provide SMEs with a range of free services, including:

  • training
  • technology demonstrations
  • a customised AI adoption roadmap for their business.

For a fee, the centre also offers an AI-as-a-service model to help companies integrate diverse data sources into a singular platform, to maximise the potential of their data. The service is fully cloud-based, with tailored AI tools for your company and ongoing support by the ARM Hub.

Find out more about the ARM Hub AI Adopt Centre

The Safe AI Adoption Model (SAAM) is supporting SMEs to capitalise on the benefits of AI while minimising exposure to risks by providing an online hub of free tools and practical resources to help businesses.

SAAM draws from best-practice AI safety frameworks and tunes this guidance to the specific needs and requirements of Australian SMEs.

Find out more about SAAM

The Australian Regional AI Network (ARAIN) provides services for SMEs in regional Australia, with a focus on the forestry, agriculture, fisheries and renewable technology sectors.

ARAIN can provide businesses with:

  • free in-person education sessions across regional Australia
  • online learning
  • AI skills and capability training tools
  • a dynamic consultancy and advice hub.

Find out more about ARAIN

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