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<p>Some memories deserve more than a place in our photo gallery. They deserve to be remembered, revisited, and told again.</p> <p>For the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Week 4 — Ghost in the Machine, I built ECHOES, a local-first AI memory keeper powered by Gemma 4.</p> <p>What I Built</p> <p>ECHOES is a personal AI memory assistant that allows people to preserve meaningful memories, stories, and photographs, then ask questions about them using a locally running AI model.</p> <p>The