By Emily Kowal
Publication Date: 2025-12-12 08:30:00
The aha moment came shortly before midnight. Michaela Loukas, 17, wrapped in pajamas and in the middle of her HSC, was working on her science extension project when the results arrived.
She had built an AI model to detect cancerous breast tissue. As she read the results, she felt a twinge of excitement, but she suppressed it and took the test again. The same result blinked at her.
Their model had identified malignant tissue with 98 percent accuracy.
“The result kept repeating itself… I just couldn’t believe it. I thought, wait – I just took it…
