{
  "id": 16775017,
  "title": "Phantom AI — A Ghost Living Inside Your Machine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/phantom-ai-a-ghost-living-inside-your-machine",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-27T17:57:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/naman_srivastava_fb42bf64/phantom-ai-a-ghost-living-inside-your-machine-3f46"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This project, named Phantom AI, is an AI chatbot designed to operate within a computer, much like a ghost would. It aims to provide users with an interactive experience that is both eerie and functional, powered by open-weight AI models. The chatbot features a terminal-inspired interface and allows users to engage with different ghostly personalities, ask questions, and generate spooky stories.\n\nThe project employs a simple yet effective architecture, with the frontend creating the experience and a locally running AI model bringing the ghost to life. The code for Phantom AI is written in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, with the Ollama AI model providing the conversational capabilities via a local API. Qwen3, an open-weight model, is used for generating responses.\n\nThe project emphasizes the benefits of open innovation, such as greater control over data, the freedom to experiment with different models and configurations, the potential for offline use, and the opportunity to learn more about the underlying architecture. However, it also acknowledges the trade-offs, including the need for compatible hardware, storage space for model downloads, and performance depending on the model and device used.\n\nThe project was built with the aim of exploring local AI and creative web applications, and the developer is open to feedback and ideas for improvement. The developer also noted that while the AI is real, the ghost is fictional, and the project serves as an interesting experiment in combining open-weight AI with a creative interface.",
  "summary": "This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge — Week 4: Ghost in the Machine . 🕯️ What I Built What if a ghost lived inside your computer—not as a character in a game, but as an AI you could actually talk to? Introducing Phantom AI , an interactive, spooky AI chatbot inspired by the mysterious atmosphere of Halloween and the Ghost in the Machine theme. Phantom AI combines a…",
  "key_points": [
    "Phantom AI is a ghost-like AI chatbot for computers",
    "Users interact with ghostly personalities via terminal interface",
    "Built with open-weight model Ollama and Qwen3 for responses"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}