From Tapestry to LLMs: 30+ Years of Recommender System Evolution
This article traces the three‑decade evolution of recommender systems—from early collaborative‑filtering prototypes like Tapestry, through the Netflix Prize era and deep‑learning breakthroughs such as Wide&Deep and DIN, to the current generative‑AI wave driven by large language models—highlighting key milestones, technical shifts, industrial deployments, and future challenges.
