Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules
Summary
Nikon disqualified a winning video from its Small World In Motion photography contest after discovering it used AI to create parts of the image, which violated contest rules. The video, showing tiny moving structures inside the airway of a child with a respiratory condition, was challenged by scientists who said it was not real.Key Facts
- The contest is for photos and videos taken through powerful microscopes.
- The winning video showed cilia (tiny hair-like structures) moving in the airway of a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a respiratory disease.
- Nikon ruled that the video broke the rules because it used generative AI, a technology that creates images or videos from computer algorithms.
- The entrant, Dr. Ning Xu from Tsinghua University in China, admitted using AI but said he thought it was allowed.
- Several scientists and former judges questioned the video's authenticity on Nikon’s LinkedIn page.
- Experts said the cells and cilia in the video looked different from real PCD patient samples.
- Nikon said the decision was made after a full review and consulting with contest judges.
- Nikon will review and possibly change contest rules about AI use in the future.
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