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Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest

Watch: The competition's winner and runners up. Nikon is investigating whether the winning video (shown left) was altered with AI

The winning entry of a prestigious scientific photography competition is being re-evaluated following criticism from other scientists that it was made with AI.

Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest accepts photos and video taken using powerful microscopes, and has run annually for the last 15 years.

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