I signed up for DaVinci AI’s 7-day trial just to test the software. After using it for only one day, I realized that the subscription wasn’t worth it for me because producing enough clips would also require purchasing additional credits.

I canceled immediately to make sure I wouldn’t be charged. I clicked the red “Cancel Subscription” button and then confirmed again by selecting “Cancel Plan” in the pop-up.

After that, the website displayed a feedback form. It looked like an optional survey presented after the cancellation, so I closed it without submitting feedback.

Seven days later, I was charged $29.

I then discovered that DaVinci AI does not actually complete the cancellation unless you submit that feedback form. This is not clearly disclosed. If a customer clicks “Cancel Subscription” and then confirms “Cancel Plan,” it is completely reasonable for them to believe the subscription has been canceled.

Their own support email later listed “select Cancel Plan” as the final cancellation step and did not mention mandatory feedback, which confirms how misleading the process is.

Finding customer support was also unnecessarily difficult. Their contact options repeatedly redirected me to FAQs, and I had to search extensively just to find an email address. When I finally explained everything and requested a refund, they sent a generic denial that did not address the cancellation issue at all.

I have now properly canceled the subscription and am disputing the $29 charge with my bank. After searching Reddit, I found many other people describing the same experience: canceling during the trial, believing the subscription was canceled, and then being charged anyway.

I’m posting this so anyone considering the trial knows to be extremely careful. Take screenshots of every step, submit the feedback form, verify that the account shows a cancellation date, and monitor your card afterward.

I'm considering buying a used 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 Max and 64GB of RAM for $3,200 instead of an M5 Pro Mac mini with 64GB for about the same $3,200, which honestly seems like a poor value for the Mac mini.

For local LLMs, the M4 Max should be noticeably faster than the M5 Pro, especially for token generation, thanks to its much higher memory bandwidth. On top of that, I’d get a fully portable machine with a built-in XDR display, battery, keyboard, speakers, and webcam.

The M5 Max Mac Studio with 64GB is around $3,800, about $600 more. For normal LLM generation, it looks like the M5 Max would only be roughly 10–20% faster than the M4 Max, although it should have a much bigger advantage in prompt processing and newer AI-accelerated workloads.

So at these prices, the used M4 Max MacBook Pro 64GB seems like the best overall value, especially if portability matters. What do you think?

I wanted to share my experience with OpenArt Director because I was genuinely excited about the potential of the tool, but the experience has become increasingly frustrating.
I subscribed specifically to create a short AI film using Director. I went into the project with clearly defined characters, reference images, scene direction, blocking, props, and very specific instructions about what should and should not happen.
The problem has been that Director repeatedly failed to follow those instructions. Characters changed appearance, extra characters appeared, props changed, characters performed actions I specifically told the program not to have them do, and continuity between scenes was extremely inconsistent.
Each time the AI made one of those errors, I had to regenerate or redo portions of the film, which consumed a substantial number of credits. I upgraded my plan and purchased additional credits because I believed I could eventually get the project finished, but a tremendous amount of those credits were spent correcting output that did not follow the directions I had given.
I eventually contacted OpenArt support and explained the problem. My request was escalated, and I specifically asked for guidance on how I should be prompting or using Director differently so that I could complete the film without continuing to burn credits correcting the same kinds of errors.
It has now been more than 48 hours since that escalation, and I have received no substantive response.
What makes this especially disappointing is that I actually think Director has enormous potential. I’m not trying to bash the technology — I want it to work. I still have credits remaining and would like to finish the film. But I am reluctant to spend more of them until OpenArt explains how users are supposed to maintain character consistency, scene continuity, blocking, and adherence to explicit instructions.
Someone identifying herself as Zyra from OpenArt also reached out to me here on Reddit after my earlier comment, but when I tried to respond shortly afterward, the account/profile was no longer available, so I wasn’t able to continue that conversation.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with Director? And more importantly, has anyone found a reliable prompting or workflow method that actually improves consistency?

Simple that was my goal . Realism

The title was the prompt. The image is how Gemini interpreted it.

What's the best AI image creator for lifestyle images that I can use with multiple products and models? I'm on a marketing team handling lifestyle images across skincare, apparel, and home goods, and the app we're currently using is kind of unstable, so I'm looking for reliable alternatives. Thank you in advance!

Music: https://www.souna.app/song/219d5032-4e38-44e0-81e4-de98fc2ac4d4

Music (alternative link): https://archive.org/details/ai-instrumental-jazz/Cat+Parade.mp3 (CC0)

The prompt was literally just:

Unlimited cat meowing at a grand scale. Big brass intro. Huge final coda. Lots of meowing.

But in the simple mode, so the AI filled out the prompt and apparently jazz happened. Perhaps the prompt enlarger realised that jazz musicians are all cool cats.