AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
Last month we covered the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video: Ning Xu of Tsinghua University in China, whose video captured tiny cilia beating in the airways of a child with a rare respiratory disorder.
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Key points
- Nikon launched an investigation and concluded that Xu's entry did not comply with competition rules.
- Xu said he used AI “to distinguish and visualize features in the reconstructed grayscale images”; however, he denied that AI was used "to generate the experimental movie, the cilia, or their motion.”
- The original first place video used AI in post-processing. | Image: Dr. Ning Xu
- Nikon says the video that originally won first place in its Small World in Motion contest "did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI.
Sources (2)
- [1]AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winnerArs Technica: AI · Oct 9, 06:44 PM
Last month we covered the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video: Ning Xu of Tsinghua University in China, whose video captured tiny cilia beating in the airways of a child with a rare respiratory disorder.
Nikon launched an investigation and concluded that Xu's entry did not comply with competition rules.
- [2]Nikon microscopic video competition winner disqualified for using generative AIThe Verge: AI · Oct 9, 06:06 PM
The original first place video used AI in post-processing. | Image: Dr. Ning Xu
Nikon says the video that originally won first place in its Small World in Motion contest "did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI.
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