Machine learning-based generation of similar domain names

A method of training a neural network to generate similar domain names, comprising:

• receiving a valid domain name and a similar domain name;
• evaluating the received valid domain name in a neural network and observing an output of the neural network;
• and
• if the similar domain name and the observed output of the neural network differ, modifying at least one parameter of the neural network to generate an output more similar to similar domain name than the observed output of the neural network.

A method of generating similar domain names using machine learning, comprising:

• receiving a valid domain name;
• evaluating the received valid domain name in a machine learning system trained to generate similar domain names;
• and
• providing an output comprising at least one domain name similar to the received valid domain name generated by the machine learning system.