The Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) has launched an online tool designed to assist and support businesses across Australia with incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations.
The AI Roadmap Generator was developed to help companies “cut costs, trim operational spend, boost customer satisfaction, and accelerate product expansion” using AI.
One of the developers, AIML engineering manager Jonathon Read, said the tool was a business analysis assistant that uses inputs provided by the user about their business to create a structured, strategic AI roadmap.
Jonathon and fellow AIML Engineer Richard Pinter developed the tool after Jonathon held several meetings with companies eager to adopt AI but unsure of the best way to proceed.
“I realised I was spending a lot of time meeting with companies that were still very early in their AI journey,” he said.
“Many conversations didn’t yet have a concrete project to scope.
“So, I explored how language models could help us reach more businesses and give them something tangible: a professional roadmap report they could review, validate, and iterate on.”
Richard said he took the prototype and “and added rigour so it could operate as a product: clearer prompt templates, quality checks, and basic guardrails”.
“The tool helps organisations think through AI needs and surface concrete, practical ideas. It produces a draft AI roadmap useful as a starting point rather than a single source of truth.”
The tool works by analysing generalised company data to generate a report using AIML’s proprietary AI analysis framework.
The report is comprised of two elements: a Discovery Stage that provides an AI analysis of the customer’s business context using AIML’s eight-lens discovery framework; and a Report Stage where a structured report is generated based on Discovery findings and best practices.
“The outputs include tailored AI initiative recommendations, business impact analysis, phased timelines, compliance guidance, and curated educational resources,” Jonathon said.
“In doing so, the tool accelerates the process of looking for ways to get started by providing organisations with a personalised suggestion of ideas for exploring AI opportunities.”