Introduction to LLM
This page provides an easy-to-understand guide on LLMs (Large Language Models) from basics to applications for AI enthusiasts.
Chapter 15 — Building a Secure AI Organization
Fifteenth post of the LLM Primer VII walkthrough. Security culture for AI teams, red teams and internal audits, vendor risk (SOC 2, ISO 42001), and the emerging AI BOM.
2026-05-24
Chapter 5 — Input Validation and Output Filtering
Fifth post of the LLM Primer VII walkthrough. Input sanitization, structured guardrails (NeMo, Llama Guard 3, Lakera, Bedrock), and red teaming with Garak, PyRIT, and promptfoo.
2026-05-14
Chapter 4 — Prompt Injection and Jailbreaks
Fourth post of the LLM Primer VII walkthrough. Prompt injection as a structural consequence, the jailbreak taxonomy (DAN, grandma, Zou et al. suffixes, Crescendo, Skeleton Key), and the four-layer mitigation matrix.
2026-05-13
Chapter 3 — Data Security and Privacy
Third post of the LLM Primer VII walkthrough. Training-data risks, memorization and extraction (Carlini et al., Nasr et al.), and the encryption, isolation, and retention disciplines that keep sensitive prompts contained.
2026-05-12
LLM Primer VII — Series Introduction & Index
Kicking off the chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of Book VII in the LLM Primer series — AI Security. Why in LLM systems code and data are the same string, and the schedule for the seventeen posts that follow, May 10 through May 26. This is the series finale.
2026-05-09
Chapter 10 — Safety, Ethics, & Trust: Beyond the Marketing
Chapter 10 of the LLM Primer I series. The honest picture of LLM safety — why hallucinations happen mechanistically, where bias actually lives, how layered guardrails work, and why governance is the institutional layer that technical controls can't replace. For practitioners who need to ship safely.
2026-02-27
The LLM Primer Series — A Field Guide to Generative AI, Built One Volume at a Time
The LLM Primer Series — a completed seven-volume field guide to generative AI by Sho Shimoda. From foundations to security. Includes Physical AI as sister volume. All 7 volumes available on Amazon.
2026-02-15