Nikon microscopic video competition winner disqualified for using generative AI

Nikon has disqualified the original first-place winner of its Small World in Motion contest for using generative AI in post-processing. The winning video, submitted by Dr. Ning Xu, claimed to show tiny, hair-like structures called cilia moving in the airway of a child with a respiratory infection. Nikon maintains that the use of AI violated the contest's rules.