Japeto Recognised as One of Essex’s Top Tech Companies
We’re excited to share that Japeto has been recognised as one of the Ambitious Essex Tech 50 for 2025. Ambitious Essex – Essex County Council’s business support branch – has just released the list, and we’re honoured to be included. This recognition is particularly special for us as a small team, and it marks our […]
Transforming Human Interaction: AI in Education & AI Agents
In today’s ever-evolving landscape of education, artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role. Using artificial intelligence in education comes with a lot of benefits for teachers and students. AI is an unavoidable object in school’s these days, should you use it or not, how can you tell if someone has used it. Like most […]
Japeto’s a Finalist for Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2025
We’re absolutely over the moon to announce that Japeto has been named a finalist for the Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2025 in the Outstanding Achievement category! Our journey began with Pat, the UK’s first sexual health AI chatbot, developed in collaboration with Positive East an HIV charity. Pat provides confidential, around-the-clock support, helping people access […]
AI Tools Transforming Local Government
Local governments across the UK are under increasing pressure. With shrinking budgets and rising demands for public services, councils are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help them meet these challenges head-on. County councils have seen their workforces reduced by 33% since 2012, yet local authorities today face increasing demand. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing […]
Paris AI Action Summit: What It Means for AI’s Future
Paris held the next AI Action Summit on 10-11 February 2025. The event brought together world leaders, technology experts, and policymakers to discuss the future of artificial intelligence (AI). French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi co-chaired the summit. However, significant disagreements emerged, particularly regarding the final joint declaration on making AI […]
AI for Social Good: Positive Use Cases
What will the future of AI look like? How do you see it changing the world? Everyone has a different idea of course. Could anyone have predicted how transformative the impact of the first personal computers would become? Now we have devices the size of our hand capable of connecting with billions of others all […]
The Future of UK AI Regulation: The UK and Northern Ireland
The regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a topic of discussion for both the UK and Northern Ireland. The British government wants to be at the forefront of AI innovation. However, Northern Ireland, influenced by its adherence to the European Union (EU) laws, will follow the EU’s stricter AI regulations. The EU was the […]
An Overview of UK AI Regulations
The UK has taken significant strides toward regulating artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on a principles-based, sector-specific framework that balances innovation with oversight. Here’s an overview of the journey so far. The Flexible, Pro-Innovation Approach The UK government does not have a central regulator to impose rules on AI. Instead, it lets current regulators handle it. […]
Harlow Digital Boost Grant
Calling all small to medium-sized businesses in Harlow! If you’re a small to medium sized business (less than 250 employees) and you’ve been looking to upgrade your digital assets, now is the time. The Harlow Council is offering Digital Boost Grants of up to £2,500, available as match funding, to help local businesses upgrade their […]
Building Blue Fairy, our local LLM server
Overview About Japeto’s healthcare chatbots We have experience building healthcare chatbots. One of our projects, Pat, created in partnership with Positive East, is a sexual health chatbot that answers questions to visitors of NHS sexual health services. Behind the scenes, Pat uses a type of artificial intelligence called natural language processing, specifically AWS Lex. We […]