Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural

Fri 30 Oct 2026 11.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 30 Oct 2026 11.34 EDT Ghost hunting is a tech-heavy pursuit. When Amy Waine and Jarrad Cutting investigate haunted locations, theyâ re loaded up with software of their own design, such as an app that assigns signals from a phoneâ s sensors to different words in a database. In the age of ChatGPT, the ghost-hunting pair is probing the world of AI. They describe one of their latest inventions, an app called GhostTube Seer, as â the worldâ s first AI Ghost Hunting toolâ . In the hands of paranormal investigators, scientific tools like EMF meters (used to detect electromagnetic fields) are repurposed to identify changes and anomalies that they believe indicate supernatural activity.