Nikon microscopic video competition winner disqualified for using generative AI

The VergeOct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026, 2:06 PM AST

Nikon's Small World in Motion contest requires videos to be genuine footage, and it disqualified its first-place winner after he acknowledged using a neural network in post-processing. The video claimed to show hair-like cilia in a child's airway; after online skepticism, the entrant described AI-assisted processing, and a new video now holds first place.

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