Nikon Contest Winner Stripped of Title Over AI-Generated Entry

Nikon's 16th Small World in Motion contest winner, Dr. Ning Xu of Tsinghua University, was stripped of his title after his video was determined to be AI-generated. Scientists spotted structural anomalies and an AI watermark; Xu admitted using AI in post-processing.

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