Nikon strips AI-assisted video win
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Nikon disqualified Dr. Ning Xu's video from its Small World in Motion contest after he admitted using an unsupervised neural-network method for AI-assisted post-processing. Nikon named Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam the new winner for a video of a roundworm and a single-celled organism, and the remaining winners each moved up one place. Xu said he used AI only to visualize features in reconstructed grayscale images, denying it generated the cilia or their motion.
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- Ars Technica · AIAI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
Nikon disqualified Ning Xu's Small World in Motion entry over AI use and named Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam the new winner for a video of a roundworm and a single-celled organism. Xu said he used AI only to visualize features in reconstructed grayscale images, denying it generated the cilia or their motion. The remaining winners each moved up one place.
- The Verge · AINikon disqualified Small World in Motion winner for using generative AI
Nikon disqualified Dr. Ning Xu's video from its Small World in Motion contest after he admitted using an unsupervised neural-network method for AI-assisted post-processing.
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