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I Built Autonomiq: A Local AI Research Agent That Lets You Walk Away

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built Research can turn into hours of switching between browser tabs, collecting sources, extracting information, comparing findings, and writing reports. I wanted to explore a different workflow: what if I could delegate that process to an AI agent, leave my desk, and return when the work was ready?…

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Offscreen: Local AI That Gets You Off Your Phone and Outside

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built I built Offscreen , an open-source project that helps people spend less time scrolling and more…

  • Offscreen encourages outdoor engagement over phone usage
  • Local AI powers Android app and browser version
  • Open-source project invites community contributions

I turned my grandmother's voice messages into a family cookbook (open Vietnamese speech model + local LLM)

This is a submission for the Build for a Friend challenge: ship something with open-source AI that solves a real problem for someone you love.

  • Reporter's grandmother's voice messages turned into a family cookbook
  • Project "Grandma's Kitchen" preserves culinary wisdom using open-source AI tools
  • PDF cookbook allows family members to cook dishes despite being geographically dispersed

Cortex AI: Adaptive Outdoor Puzzles Powered by Open-Source AI on Render

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built Cortex AI Puzzles is an adaptive, interactive puzzle platform designed to challenge cognitive…

  • Cortex AI offers adaptive outdoor puzzles to enhance cognitive thinking
  • Puzzles include Quantum Sudoku, Neural Crossword, Matrix Word Search, and Generative Jigsaw
  • Platform hosted on Render for fast response and independence

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