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Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules

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Watch: The competition's former winner and runners up. Nikon disqualified the winning video (shown left).

The winner of a prestigious scientific photography competition has been disqualified following concerns raised by other scientists that it was fake.

Nikon said the use of generative AI in the composition of the video broke the rules of its Small World In Motion contest, which accepts photos and video taken using powerful microscopes.

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