DeepSeek – What’s All The Fuss About? By Ian Barker BA, FIAP, MBCS At the end of January millions of dollars were wiped off the value of US tech company stocks following the launch of a Chinese generative AI app called DeepSeek. Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen described the latest DeepSeek model as ‘AI’s […]
IAP AGM 15th February 2025, 10am. The IAP Annual General Meeting was held at 10.00am on Saturday, 15th February 2025 at London Road, Nantwich, CW5 6LW. Members mainly cast their vote by proxy rather than attend the meeting physically. Members were sent an email about the AGM. The forms provided to download were: IAP AGM […]
New Year Honours Recognise Campaigners of the Post Office Horizon Scandal The 2025 New Year Honours list has acknowledged individuals who played pivotal roles in uncovering and addressing the Post Office Horizon scandal, one of the most significant miscarriages of justice in recent British history. Among the honourees are former sub-postmasters and campaigners who tirelessly […]
The IAP is a small charity with great dreams. We have the cream of software developers in our ranks. Our vision is to improve software for society by being the leading professional body for those aspiring to and engaged in creating, developing and maintaining software. By promoting the importance of trustworthy software to the public […]
IAP Dev Café meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at 11am. IAP members, both office and home based, gather for an online chat over the virtual coffee pot to share news, ask questions or discuss ideas. However you want to get involved, it’s a great way to connect with and feel […]
By Paul Lynham FIAP The Past Twelve Months In the past twelve months, several events have gained people’s attention. Earlier this year, the ITV drama ‘Mr Bates versus the Post Office’ drew public attention to the plight of sub-postmasters and the disastrous results of the poorly developed Horizon system, including loss of life, freedom, dignity, […]
By John Ellis FIAP Cmpn, FRSA, MBCS Volunteering During the Covid pandemic, my wife and I found ourselves stepping up to help different groups of people in our community. Whether it was doing their shopping or ensuring they could attend doctor appointments, we took great care to follow the rules of the time and avoid […]
Spare a thought when you post your Christmas cards. The Post Office Horizon Scandal. Where are we now? It took until 2019 for the Horizon system to be found error-prone in a High Court judgement after first being exposed by Computer Weekly in 2009. More than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted. Up until now, 93 […]
