Winner of Nikon Microscopy Photo Contest Faces Criticism over AI Usage
Scientists questioned whether the winning microscopy video was altered with AI, and Nikon is reviewing the entry after critics cited biological inconsistencies and a possible watermark.
- Nikon is re-evaluating the winning entry of its 16th annual Small World in Motion competition following criticism regarding potential AI usage in Dr. Ning Xu's video of airway cilia.
- Last month, the company awarded the top prize to Xu, then a researcher at Tsinghua University, for footage depicting cilia movement in a child living with primary ciliary dyskinesia .
- Researchers, including Florida University associate professor Edward Phelps, identified continuity errors where structures 'pop in and out of existence,' while critics cite an invisible Google SynthID watermark as evidence.
- Defending his submission, Xu denies violating contest rules, stating, 'AI was not used to generate the experimental movie, the cilia, or their motion,' and that he used AI only to visualize features.
- Organizers are 'carefully re-reviewing the information' provided by Xu, who is 'respectfully complying,' and Nikon plans to provide an update to the Small World community next week.
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Winner of Nikon microscopy photo contest faces criticism over AI usage
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The organizers of a highly regarded scientific photography contest are reviewing this year’s winning entry following criticism over the use of AI. Nikon has announced that it’s “carefully re-reviewing the information” provided by Ning Xu, whose short video of intricate cell movement won the annual Small World In Motion
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