The hidden cost of AI video generators that no one warns you about

welcomia/Getty Images Recently, a company asked me to test its service and see if it was worth reviewing on ZDNET. The service in question was an AI video generation platform. I won't mention the specific company's name because what I discovered applies to every AI video-gen platform that follows a similar model. Also: How to use OpenAI's Sora to create stunning AI-generated videos I agreed to kick the tires of the service, visited the website, and created an account. After the first video I created was laughable at best, I thought, "Well, maybe it was my prompt." I went to give it another go, only to find out I'd already blown through the free credits I received upon signing up. I reached out to the company to ask if they could apply more credits to my account so I could continue testing. They happily obliged. Time to generate videos With plenty of credits in my account, I set about refining my prompt, trying everything I could to create something that didn't make me go, "Huh? ... Read full article.