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Nikon announced that it had disqualified the winner of its Small World in Motion competition over how A.I. was used in his submission.
Name
Competition
10 stories in the last 7 days, reading bearish overall. Coverage in the last day was about normal.
- 7-day mood
- −24.2Bearish −24
- Stories, 7 days
- 10
- Last 24 hours
- 1about usual
- Sources
- 22in the latest 30
Mood and coverage · last 7 days
Market chart- Competition · 6-hour average
- Hourly reading
- Stories per hour
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| Day | Mood | Stories |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 9 | −24.7 | 1 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Wed, Oct 7 | — | 0 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | −24.5 | 4 |
| Sun, Oct 4 | — | 0 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Fri, Oct 2 | — | 0 |
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