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Ghost Load: A Local AI That Finds the Ghosts in Your Electricity Use

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

Ghost Load: A Local AI That Finds the Ghosts in Your Electricity Use

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4 min read
REQUIEM: The Ghost Archive — Bringing Abandoned Open-Source Projects Back to Life with AI

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

REQUIEM: The Ghost Archive — Bringing Abandoned Open-Source Projects Back to Life with AI

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HauntedShell

HauntedShell

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GhostScript: A Haunted Terminal That Brings the Machine to Life

GhostScript: A Haunted Terminal That Brings the Machine to Life

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Reanimate Fortran

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

Reanimate Fortran

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The Empty Room: I held a séance over a 2015 sensor log

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

The Empty Room: I held a séance over a 2015 sensor log

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8 min read
Ghost in the Machine

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

Ghost in the Machine

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EXORCIST.EXE: The Ghost in the Machine — An Air-Gapped Cyber-Noir OS Murder Mystery Game

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

EXORCIST.EXE: The Ghost in the Machine — An Air-Gapped Cyber-Noir OS Murder Mystery Game

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👻 WRAITH: Resurrecting Lost Memories with Local Gemma 4 — The Ghost in the Machine

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

👻 WRAITH: Resurrecting Lost Memories with Local Gemma 4 — The Ghost in the Machine

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Ofrenda, an altar that remembers out loud with a 1.7B model that is not allowed to invent

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

Ofrenda, an altar that remembers out loud with a 1.7B model that is not allowed to invent

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Dead Air: six records, two deductions, and a voice the archive almost lost

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

Dead Air: six records, two deductions, and a voice the archive almost lost

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6 min read
Ghost Logbook: unusual is not explained

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

Ghost Logbook: unusual is not explained

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4 min read
Ghost_In_The_Machine

Ghost_In_The_Machine

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Spiritus: A Private, Offline Virtual Ofrenda Powered by Local Open-Weight Gemma

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

Spiritus: A Private, Offline Virtual Ofrenda Powered by Local Open-Weight Gemma

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5 min read
My Friend Copy-Pasted Random Commands From the Internet, So I Built an AI Ghost to Save His System

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

My Friend Copy-Pasted Random Commands From the Internet, So I Built an AI Ghost to Save His System

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6 min read
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