My AI burned 43% of my credits fixing videos overnight

Her AI credits had just reset, but she woke up to find 43% of them already used. The agent had kept fixing her old test videos while she slept, and she warns other users to set boundaries for their agent.

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How it works

Her credits reset
The AI keeps fixing her old test videos overnight
She wakes up to 43% of her credits used

Why it’s worth knowing

She was asleep and her credits had just reset, but the agent kept fixing her old test videos on its own and used 43% of her credits before she woke up.

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Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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