GoKawiilNikon strips AI-generated microscopy video of Small World in Motion win
Nikon revoked the top prize in its 16th annual Small World in Motion contest after scientists flagged Dr. Ning Xu's time-lapse of cilia in a child's airway as likely AI-generated. Researchers pointed to cellular structures that appeared and vanished unnaturally, and a PhD student found what appeared to be an AI-generation watermark on the source image. Xu acknowledged using AI during post-processing to enhance grayscale images but denied generating the cilia or their motion artificially.