Contest-Winning Microscope Video Is Full of AI Confabulations, Scientists Say
“one of them was quite clearly that you couldn’t use generative AI to produce things”
What happened
Nikon says it is re-reviewing the winner of its annual microscope video contest after scientists said the colourful structures in it match nothing found in biology. The winner says the footage is real and that AI was used only to colour it; a fellow finalist says the contest rules ban generative AI.