For violating generative AI usage regulations: Dr. Xu Ning of Tsinghua University was disqualified from winning the Nikon 2026 Microscopic Video Contest因违反生成式 AI 使用规定：清华大学徐宁博士被撤销尼康 2026 显微视频竞赛冠军资格

IT House October 10th news, comprehensive BBC report, Nikon announced that the 2026 Small World in Motion Microscopic Video Competition, which originally won the first prize, was disqualified because it "did not comply with the relevant regulations of the competition on generative AI". According to the updated competition ranking, the work of Vietnamese contestant Nguyen Nam Nhat has now risen to first place. IT House was informed that the original award-winning video was made by Dr. Ning Xu from Tsinghua University in China. Ning Xu), which claims to use super-resolution microscopic imaging technology to show the abnormal movement of cilia in the respiratory tract of a child with primary ciliary dysfunction (PCD). However, many experts in the field of microscopic imaging and cilia research subsequently questioned on social platforms, arguing that the structure in the video did not match the real PCD sample. Some of the purple structures in the video suddenly appear or disappear, some of the green cilia seem to appear out of nowhere, and the dimensions of the relevant structures do not match the known biological structures. In the face of questions, Dr. Xu Ning admitted to using AI technology in the video production process. He explained that AI was used to distinguish and visualize features in raw grayscale microscopic images and had previously found the practice to be in line with competition rules. However, he denied using AI to generate the experimental video itself, the cilia structure, or the movement of the cilia. After re-investigating, Nikon finally determined that Xu Ning's work did not comply with the rules of generative AI in the competition, and decided to disqualify him from the championship. With Dr. Xu Ning's work disqualified, Nguyen Nam Il, originally ranked second from Vietnam, is now the 2026 Nikon Small World in Motion Champion. His work documents the interaction of a tiny nematode with the single-celled organism Dileptus in the microscopic world, and the ranking of other shortlisted works has been extended.