Echo: Kaggle-Built AI System Designed to Retain Long-Term User Memory

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Echo is an AI system developed on Kaggle that introduces persistent memory to enable context-aware, personalized conversations across sessions. Unlike conventional AI tools that reset after each interaction, Echo stores meaningful exchanges and retrieves relevant past context to improve future responses. The system is built around a pipeline that selects, retrieves, and integrates memory into prompts rather than storing every interaction indiscriminately. Echo targets a range of users including developers, students, and professionals who need continuity in AI assistance. The project was prototyped and validated within Kaggle's data experimentation environment, with future plans including cross-platform identity and privacy-focused memory storage.

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