By Graham Barlow
Publication Date: 2025-11-28 16:40:00
- OpenAI reduces Sora to 6 video generations for free users
- Google has downgraded Gemini 3 Pro limits for free users
- Nano Banana Pro image-generation limit also reduced
If you’ve been using Sora or Gemini 3 Pro on a free plan, things just got a little bit tighter. Both OpenAI and Google have quietly cut back how many prompts, videos and images free users can generate, as demand surges and GPU costs skyrocket.
In short: you’re getting less access than you did even a week ago.
Here’s what’s happening: OpenAI is limiting access to Sora 2, its AI video generation tool, to just six generations a day for free users, and Google has removed its promise of five prompts per day on Gemini 3 Pro and reduced image generations, with Nano Banana Pro down to just two a day for free users.
“Our GPUs are melting!”
Bill Peebles, head of Sora at OpenAI, tweeted: “Our GPUs are melting and we want to let as many people access Sora as possible!” He continued: “We’re…
