AI applications

This interactive chart shows small and medium business (SME) awareness and use across different types of AI applications like generative AI assistants, fraud detection and predictive analytics.

Fifth Quadrant collects the data monthly from 400 businesses. Read more about the survey.

Data in this chart is from May 2024 to February 2025.

Explore the data

Filter the data to gain insight into how awareness of AI is changing and how SMEs are using it across Australia. You can filter by:

  • AI application type 
  • industry
  • location 
  • adoption level.

We have used SMEs’ answers to question one in the survey to allow you to filter by AI adoption level. 

We’ve categorised SMEs who responded with the following statements as ‘Adopting’:

  • We currently use AI broadly across our business
  • We currently use AI within a limited part of our business
  • We are in the process of implementing AI within our business
  • We intend to implement AI within our business within the next 12 months.

We’ve categorised SMEs who responded ‘We don’t intend to implement AI within our business within the next 12 months' as ‘Not planning to adopt’.