# AI ghost-hunting apps like GhostTube Seer draw paranormal enthusiasts and critics

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

- Source: The Guardian · AI
- Published: 2026-10-30T15:00:16.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ev7xo6s3gto6nqrn3i1g88phf
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/oct/30/ai-ghost-hunting

## Summary

Paranormal investigators Amy Waine and Jarrad Cutting developed GhostTube Seer, an app that uses phone magnetometer signals and an image generator to produce supernatural images, and say it has more than 1m downloads on Google Play. Some ghost hunters and researchers, including Alex Matsuo, question what data such tools train on and whether they create paranormal echo chambers. Sean Austin's Spirit Phone Innovations app similarly uses "advanced AI" to analyze audio for electronic voice phenomena.