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The Dead Are Listening: Building an AI-Powered Digital Séance

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

The Dead Are Listening: Building an AI-Powered Digital Séance

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4 min read
ECHOES — Stories That Never Fade | Preserving Family Memories with Local AI 👻🌼

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

ECHOES — Stories That Never Fade | Preserving Family Memories with Local AI 👻🌼

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5 min read
NecroShell : A spooky CLI

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

NecroShell : A spooky CLI

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6 min read
Ghosts in node_modules: I trained an open model to predict which packages will be abandoned

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ghosts in node_modules: I trained an open model to predict which packages will be abandoned

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5 min read
AII: Turning Ideas into Impact — Building for a Better Digital Experience

AII: Turning Ideas into Impact — Building for a Better Digital Experience

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2 min read
EchoVault: Some Memories Refuse to Disappear 👻

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

EchoVault: Some Memories Refuse to Disappear 👻

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5 min read
Possessed Shell: My Terminal Is Haunted by a Local LLM 👻

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Possessed Shell: My Terminal Is Haunted by a Local LLM 👻

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5 min read
EchoVault: Some Memories Should Never Disappear 👻

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

EchoVault: Some Memories Should Never Disappear 👻

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4 min read
Ecos

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ecos

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6 min read
Ofrenda of the Machines: Remembering the Ghosts We Left in Space

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ofrenda of the Machines: Remembering the Ghosts We Left in Space

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6 min read
Possessed: paste any UI component, a ghost designer haunts it (open-weight Gemma 4)

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Possessed: paste any UI component, a ghost designer haunts it (open-weight Gemma 4)

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5 min read
BugSéance 👻 — A Local AI Investigator for the Ghosts Hiding in Your Logs

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

BugSéance 👻 — A Local AI Investigator for the Ghosts Hiding in Your Logs

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5 min read
Scary Truc: a stranger calls you from inside a maze, and your voice is all they have

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Scary Truc: a stranger calls you from inside a maze, and your voice is all they have

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10 min read
👻 PhantomShell AI — When Your Terminal Starts Talking Back

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

👻 PhantomShell AI — When Your Terminal Starts Talking Back

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3 min read
Planchette: a Ouija board haunted by Gemma’s real odds

Planchette: a Ouija board haunted by Gemma’s real odds

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