Looking at the Google docs for ViewModel, they show the below sample code on how to get a ViewModel:
ViewModel
val model = ViewModelProviders
Deprecated From:
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders;
To:
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider;
ViewModelProviders.of(this, provider).get(VM::class.java)
ViewModelProvider(this, provider).get(VM::class.java)