AI-Powered E-commerce: Building Recommendation Systems and Personalization

AI-Powered E-commerce: Building Recommendation Systems and Personalization Note: This guide is based on established recommendation system algorithms documented in RecSys research papers, scikit-learn documentation, and production patterns from e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Netflix, and Shopify. All code examples use documented machine learning libraries and follow industry best practices for recommendation systems. AI has transformed e-commerce from generic shopping experiences to hyper-personalized customer journeys. Recommendation systems—the technology behind “Customers who bought this also bought” and personalized homepages—drive 35% of Amazon’s revenue and 75% of Netflix viewing. ...

April 2, 2025 · 15 min · Scott

Revolutionizing Vulnerability Discovery with AI-Powered Fuzzing

Revolutionizing Vulnerability Discovery with AI-Powered Fuzzing =========================================================== Introduction Fuzzing is an automated testing technique used to discover security vulnerabilities in software and protocols by providing invalid or unexpected input. With the increasing complexity of systems and the internet of things (IoT), traditional fuzzing methods are becoming less effective. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to enhance fuzzing techniques, making them more efficient and effective. In this article, we will explore the concept of fuzzing with AI and its applications in vulnerability discovery. ...

March 31, 2025 · 4 min · Scott

Practical Anomaly Detection using Python and scikit-learn

Practical Anomaly Detection using Python and scikit-learn Note: This guide is based on scikit-learn official documentation, academic research on anomaly detection algorithms, and documented best practices from the machine learning community. Code examples are derived from scikit-learn tutorials and tested with scikit-learn 1.3+. Anomaly detection identifies data points, events, or observations that deviate significantly from expected patterns within a dataset. According to scikit-learn documentation, unsupervised anomaly detection is particularly valuable when labeled anomalies are scarce or unavailable—common in cybersecurity intrusion detection, fraud prevention, and system health monitoring. ...

March 29, 2025 · 7 min · Scott

Decentralizing AI: A Guide to Building Scalable and Secure Decentralized AI Platforms

Decentralizing AI: A Guide to Building Scalable and Secure Decentralized AI Platforms Note: This guide is based on research from decentralized AI projects (Ocean Protocol, Fetch.ai, SingularityNET), federated learning frameworks (Flower, PySyft), and academic papers on privacy-preserving machine learning. Code examples are derived from official documentation and community implementations. Decentralized AI addresses fundamental challenges in traditional centralized AI systems: data privacy, model ownership, computational bottlenecks, and single points of failure. According to research from the IEEE and ACM, decentralized AI encompasses three primary approaches: federated learning (training on distributed data without centralization), blockchain-based model registries (transparent model provenance), and distributed inference (computational load distribution). ...

March 28, 2025 · 10 min · Scott

Deep Learning for Anomaly Detection - Autoencoders and Neural Networks

Research Disclaimer This tutorial is based on: PyTorch v2.0+ (official deep learning framework) TensorFlow/Keras v2.15+ (alternative framework examples) scikit-learn v1.3+ (preprocessing and metrics) Academic research on autoencoder-based anomaly detection (Goodfellow et al., 2016; Kingma & Welling, 2013) Production deployment patterns from PyTorch Serve and TensorFlow Serving documentation All implementation patterns follow documented best practices for neural network-based anomaly detection. Code examples are complete, tested implementations suitable for production adaptation. Introduction Looking for classical ML approaches? If you’re new to anomaly detection, start with our guide on classical machine learning techniques using scikit-learn. That post covers Isolation Forest, One-Class SVM, and Local Outlier Factor—excellent choices for tabular data and interpretable results. ...

March 28, 2025 · 20 min · Scott