Nikon photography contest winner loses title after scientists spot signs of AI

smallerize an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I still don't think the disqualified photographer was intentionally cheating. He was pretty open about his process, and Nikon took some time to determine whether it was within the rules or not. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/winning-nikon-small-...

Edit: an earlier statement from Nikon said that he was complying with the investigation and "At this time, we don't see that any rules were violated" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck4gjn1yzprno

	▲	suzzer99 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Did he ever share the raw source?

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Terr_ 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

14 days ago 38 points, 64 comments (though some threads were... questionable.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038640

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phyzix5761 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Anyone have a link to the video? It seems to have been taken down from YouTube.

	▲	ultraboom 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In a news broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz3V9398LEY

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fooqux 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Aw, they took the video down. I was curious to see how egregious the AI usage was.

	▲	UnlockedSecrets an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Read the article and see the video there

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andrewstuart 40 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why would someone do this?

It makes no sense why you’d do something so foolish.

	▲	xbar 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There are low-integrity folks who are willing to risk getting caught for fakery in public spaces in trade for the promise of notoriety. Chicanery seems to scale anywhere that there are insufficient institutional barriers.

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sehw an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Thanks for ignoring me 2 weeks ago...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035684

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dewey an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Don't take it personal, HN is always hit and miss, sometimes someone reposts the story 2h later and it gets traction just because a few people happen to have browsed /new and upvoted it.

That's the reason why there's a "second chance" pool where things can be revived.

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smallerize an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

That one is dead, and not flagged dead. Maybe email the Contact link at the bottom of the page and ask what's up.

	▲	DASD 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038640