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 […]
The algorithm maze: an intern’s tale of chatbot optimization
Imagine being a 19-year-old who recently arrived in the UK, completed just one semester of a BSc in Computer Science, and secured an internship typically reserved for second and third-year students. That was me! Welcome to my journey of creating a chatbot evaluation system during my internship—a journey filled with challenges, learning, and triumph. The […]
Presenting Pat at BHIVA Spring 2024 Conference
Japeto was absolutely delighted to be asked to present alongside Positive East, at the British HIV Association (BHIVA) 2024 Spring Conference. This year it was held in Birmingham, UK from April 29 through May 1. Clinicians and community-organisations came together to share new research and developments around HIV in the United Kingdom. We’ve added the […]
Meet Michael
What’s your job title? Non-executive director (NED) What do you actually do? As a NED, I help with the strategic direction of Japeto. You’ll also find me fine-tuning operations, building relationships, and sharing new developments in AI. What’s your journey getting here been like? I graduated from university in the late 1990s with a history […]
Pat and NIHR Funding
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Meet Emily
What’s your job title?Office assistant & content coordinator What do you actually do?My role has been quite varied. There are different aspects to my role, administrative and content coordination. I manage emails, maintain records, and reformat data. I also update chatbot scripts, social media and the website. What’s your journey getting here been like?At the […]
Chatbot Club: Demo Day
Introducing Hart, the Chatbot Japeto and Harlow College’s Games Design and Development Course collaborated to create Hart, the safeguarding and wellbeing chatbot. Over 11 weeks, top students in the course joined Japeto for a weekly enrichment to build a chatbot from the ground up. During that time, students took on a range of challenges surrounding […]
Chatbot Club 2023
We’re pleased to introduce a project that has been cooking at Japeto over the past few months: the Chatbot Club. Over an 11-week long enrichment program, Japeto worked with top students to build a chatbot from zero to prototype. This has been a fantastic opportunity to partner with Harlow College to create a one-of-kind enrichment […]
The Move to The Arise Innovation Hub
Our New Home We’re excited to announce that Japeto has moved from Harlow Enterprise Hub to our new home at Arise Innovation Hub. We’ve had an excellent experience at the Enterprise Hub, the active community and convenient location have made for a productive working environment. Our move to Arise Innovation Hub is the next step […]