New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- OpenAI and Google have introduced fresh restrictions on their free AI-generation tools, citing unprecedented demand over the holiday weekend. The move affects users of OpenAI's video model Sora as well as Google's new Nano Banana Pro image system and the wider Gemini 3 Pro suite.

OpenAI's head of Sora, Bill Peebles, confirmed the new limits in a post on X on Friday, saying:"we're setting usage limits for free users to 6 gens/day. chatgpt plus and pro users have unchanged limits, and everybody can purchase additional gens as needed. our gpus are melting, and we want to let as many people access sora as possible!"

The cap means anyone hoping to experiment with AI-video this weekend will have to use their daily allowa...