Nikon Small World in Motion Disqualifies Original Winner for AI Violation; Vietnam's Nguyen Nam Nhat Awarded the Title
AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
What happened
Nikon's investigation determined that the winning video by Tsinghua's Ning Xu used AI, in violation of the competition rules, and disqualified it; Vietnam's Nguyen Nam Nhat becomes the new Nikon Small World in Motion winner with a video of microscopic nematodes and single-celled organisms.
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