Website reputation report

randalolson.com

Last checked 14 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Local security concerns found

What is this website?

randalolson.com is currently classified in the AI Chatbots & Tools category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include dr randal olson, data, olson ai.

Local security concerns foundReview the observed form or connection issues below. These findings do not establish malware or phishing.

69/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History92 Infrastructure89 Website Security95 Security Hygiene35 Transparency54 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about randalolson.com

Updated Oct 1, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on randalolson.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Pew's 2026 data shows the youngest U.S. adults use AI chatbots the most, yet they are also the most likely to expect AI to…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on May 10, 2012. Registrar: Squarespace Domains II LLC.

Recorded expiry date: May 10, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 10, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 69/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on randalolson.com

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Dr. Randal S. Olson | AI Researcher & BuilderAI researcher and builder with 15+ years building AI. Creator of TPOT and 50+ peer-reviewed publications in AI/ML. The people who use AI the most are also the most worried about it | Dr. Randal S. OlsonPew's 2026 data shows the youngest U.S. adults use AI chatbots the most, yet they are also the most likely to expect AI to harm society. GLP-1 use peaks in middle age, then drops at 65 | Dr. Randal S. OlsonAbout 1 in 8 U.S. adults now take a GLP-1 like Ozempic, but use peaks in middle age: 22% at ages 50-64, falling to 9% at 65+ as Medicare stops covering it. Blog | Dr. Randal S. OlsonAI research insights, data science content, and technical articles by Dr. Randal S. Olson, AI researcher and builder. Resume | Dr. Randal S. OlsonResume of Dr. Randal S. Olson, AI/ML engineer and technical leader: 15 years building machine learning systems and getting them into production. Work With Me | Dr. Randal S. OlsonShort advisory engagements with Dr. Randal S. Olson: AI strategy calls, ML system design, AI evaluation, and speaking. Teaching an AI Agent to Make Beautiful Charts | Dr. Randal S. OlsonA series of data visualizations built by an AI agent and critiqued against chart-quality standards inspired by Edward Tufte. Each post tells a data story with a publication-quality Introducing TPOT, the Data Science Assistant | Dr. Randal S. OlsonRandy Olson introduces TPOT, an Automated Machine Learning tool intended to be your Data Science Assistant. Computing the optimal road trip across the U.S. | Dr. Randal S. OlsonRandy Olson shows you how to compute an epic road trip across the U.S. In AI-exposed jobs, only the youngest workers are losing ground | Dr. Randal S. OlsonSince ChatGPT, employment for U.S. workers aged 22 to 25 in the most AI-exposed jobs has fallen about 12%, while every older age group held steady or grew.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on randalolson.com

10 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

dr randal olsonTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
dataTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
olson aiTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
data scienceTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
in aiTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
mostTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
tpotTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
ai researcherTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
youngestTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
builderTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
92/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
89/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
35/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
54/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 9 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts9
Inline scripts51
Embedded frames0
External script hosts0

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

Redirect from HTTPS to HTTPSecurity concern · 1

The observed redirect chain includes a downgrade to an unencrypted connection. Connection security is assessed separately.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainrandalolson.com
RegistrarSquarespace Domains II LLC
RegisteredMay 10, 2012
Domain age14 years
ExpiresMay 10, 2027
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client transfer prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address198.185.159.144
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.randalolson.com/
Endpoint198.185.159.144
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface11 records · 4 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals0 security headers · 3 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size114,189 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources9 · 0 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromSep 11, 2026
Valid untilDec 10, 2026
Certificate namesrandalolson.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A198.185.159.144TTL —
A198.185.159.145TTL —
A198.49.23.144TTL —
A198.49.23.145TTL —
NSns-cloud-a1.googledomains.comTTL —
NSns-cloud-a2.googledomains.comTTL —
NSns-cloud-a3.googledomains.comTTL —
NSns-cloud-a4.googledomains.comTTL —
MX10 mxa.mailgun.orgTTL —
MX10 mxb.mailgun.orgTTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:mailgun.org ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCNo matching record returned for this exact hostname

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

0 observed

Header evidence is unavailable. Missing data is not treated as a clean result or proof of compromise.

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Google Analytics 94% Next.js 96% Tailwind CSS 72%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

Next.jsKeep Next.js and its runtime dependencies current, especially when server-side rendering is enabled.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Pew's 2026 data shows the youngest U.S. adults use AI chatbots the most, yet they are also the most likely to expect AI to harm society.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailrandal.s.olson@gmail.comSource: https://www.randalolson.com/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleDr. Randal S. Olson | AI Researcher & Builder
First headingDr. Randal S. Olson
DescriptionAI researcher and builder with 15+ years building AI. Creator of TPOT and 50+ peer-reviewed publications in AI/ML.
Canonical URLhttps://www.randalolson.com/
Final URLhttps://www.randalolson.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesPerson · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.randalolson.com/blog/About page detectedhttps://www.randalolson.com/2026/06/25/ai-heaviest-users-most-worried/
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
11100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

2 recorded hops
Hop 1http://www.randalolson.com
Hop 2https://www.randalolson.com/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
calm-anchor-wave-554

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

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Questions about randalolson.com

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Is randalolson.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 69/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on randalolson.com?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was randalolson.com registered?

The public registry record shows May 10, 2012. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did randalolson.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does randalolson.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.