Alameda girl uses AI to create talking skeleton "Uncle Murray" for Halloween display

When it comes to fun Halloween displays, people often talk about the neighborhood just off High Street in Alameda. But this year, at a house on Lincoln Avenue, the Halloween display is talking back.The Halloween display is a talking skeleton named Uncle Murray, and it is the creation of 9-year-old Nathalie Chabas. Back in August, she saw a plastic skeleton at Home Depot that could say three recorded sentences. "And I knew I had something to do with it," said Nathalie. "So, we bought him and took him home and fixed him up. First, we looked inside, and I took a lot of measurements.""And then she called us after opening the box and said, 'Hey, all the wires, let's see if we can replace it with something that can talk. I told her it's not possible," said her father, Jim Chabas, with a laugh. "And then we got the idea to take a photo and ask AI if this was doable. And AI said, yes, it's doable."With that, Nathalie found the equipment to hook Uncle Murray up to an AI connection, and he's b