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The model takes into consideration all of the consequences of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effects, thermal radiation, and Arrhenius-like energy of activation. The outcomes of this investigation hold practical significance for energy storage systems, nuclear reactor heat exchangers, electronic cooling devices, biomedical hyperthermia treatments, oil and gas transport processes, and aerospace thermal protection technologies. The proposed hybrid ANN\u2013numerical framework provides an effective strategy for optimizing the thermal performance of hybrid nanofluids in advanced thermal management and energy systems. A set of coupled ordinary differential equations is created by applying similarity transformations to the governing nonlinear partial differential equations that reflect conservation of mass, momentum, energy, and species concentration. The boundary value problem solver bvp4c, which is based in MATLAB (R2020b), is used to solve these equations numerically. The findings demonstrate that, in comparison to the MWCNT\u2212Cu\/kerosene nanofluid, the SWCNT\u2212TiO2\/kerosene hybrid nanofluid improves the heat transfer rate (Nusselt number) by up to 23.6%. When a magnetic field is applied, velocity magnitudes are reduced by almost 15%, and the temperature field is enhanced by around 12% when thermal radiation is applied. The impact of important dimensionless variables, such as the cylindrical surface\u2019s inclination angle, the medium\u2019s porosity, the magnetic field\u2019s strength, the thermal radiation parameter, the curvature ratio, the activation energy, and the volume fraction of nanoparticles, is investigated in detail using a parametric study. According to the comparison findings, at the same flow and thermal boundary conditions, the SWCNT\u2212TiO2\/kerosene hybrid nanofluid performs better thermally than its MWCNT\u2212Cu\/kerosene counterpart. These results offer important new information for maximizing heat transfer in engineering systems with hybrid nanofluids and inclined porous geometries under intricate physical conditions. 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