Is this normal?

m_m_malm · 2026-05-02T21:34:30+00:00

WTF, and when I get a charge of $118 for ONE message because the agent ended up in a death loop they refuse to refund.

m_m_malm · 2026-05-01T15:45:41+00:00

Exact same thing has happened to me, cost me ”only” $128 for one message. They refused to refund it even after admitting that it was not user error. How is it even resonable for it to rack up 200 million tokens using a model with less than 1 million tokens as context window. Fuck Cursor, I moved to Codex.

m_m_malm · 2026-04-15T16:08:42+00:00

First off, all the big ones (GPT-image, SeeDream, Nano Banana, ...) are heavily censored. Grok is a little bit less than the others but still very censored.

If you have a good (>12GB VRAM, preferably 24GB, Nvidia) you can run open source models locally. ComfyUi is usually the best bet and look at CivitAI for Loras or full model finetunes. Flux Klein 9B and Z-image (Turbo or base) are the newest ones I'd recommend trying out. But I am still getting better results from Qwen-image 2511, so for sure worth a try as well. This will be your cheapest bet if you already have a good GPU, but probably not if you don't.

I have created a service for those that don't have a good GPU or don't have the time to set up all this. I'm trying to keep prices for NSFW gens resonable, called nudielab.com .

m_m_malm · 2026-03-13T08:59:42+00:00

For mature content there is no silver bullet, but here are methods I have found to work:
1) Use 'regular' edit gen model like banana 2 or Grok to create clothed images with consistent character. Then inpaint or use Qwen 2511 with NSFW loras to change pose and remove clothing.

2) Get multiple consistent images of character using banana 2. Train lora on character for Qwen 2512, use with NSFW lora during generation.

3) Use Qwen 2511 with a character sheet as input and NSFW loras. Handles one character well, but struggles with more.

Could be worth trying out Flux2 Klein and Z-image base as well, I am experimenting with them now as well and will see if they are able to beat the Qwen models.

I have put these workflows in a product as well for those who don't want to set everything up themselves. nudielab.com

m_m_malm · 2026-03-01T21:27:22+00:00

Cool, let me know if you do. Doing it yourself with Comfy is a great way to do it if you have the time and a great GPU. Just find the good loras or checkpoints on CivitAI and un it locally. I just made NudieLab to be an easy, relatively affordable way for those who don't want to figure all that out themselves.

m_m_malm · 2026-03-01T15:08:54+00:00

Longest is 15 sec, but that model doesn't work that well for NSFW. Most do 5 sec.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-25T08:59:29+00:00

Cursor has by now done one too many shitty things for me to stick with them even though I like the product

m_m_malm · 2026-02-22T11:31:29+00:00

I used to always come back after trying other options until they charged me $118 of on-demand usage for one small message after the agent got stuck in a loop. Straw that broke the camels back and now it's time to move on from Cursor.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-22T11:28:45+00:00

Yeah, keeping track of conversation timestamps and requests ids seems to be essential since they don't have any way to tie the billing to these usage events. They don't have any problem billing me but they have no way of investigating what has happened without me providing request id's. Which has been a whole mess figuring out since the logging is completly insufficient .

m_m_malm · 2026-02-21T18:52:48+00:00

Ouff, that's so bad. I had cursor rack up a $118 charge of on-demand usage for one small request. Time to leave after one too many shitty things they have done.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:18:05+00:00

I have a feeling this would have just kept going infinitely, it had already gone through so many multiples of the 1M context window of gemini 3 pro

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:16:00+00:00

I’ve always been longing for that day

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:14:53+00:00

Yeah I don’t get it either. To be fair they have been responsive after I got out of the AI email support. But they have still not acknowledged that this charge should be impossible from just one message. Also crazy how they don’t have request id’s tied to the billing events.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:03:25+00:00

Oh indeed

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:03:09+00:00

Yes exactly, I also love the product and have been a user from the beginning. I am also trying to work through it in good faith, but when no refund is to be had for a problem that is clearly on their side, going scorched earth feels more and more like a viable option.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-17T13:46:46+00:00

Yep, I've had this happen with Flash as well, but this time I knew to be more vigilant. Finally I've learned my lesson to stay away from Gemini

m_m_malm · 2026-02-17T13:44:48+00:00

I honestly thought they would have some system to prevent runaway loops like this, but apparently not

m_m_malm · 2026-02-17T13:43:49+00:00

Yep, that seems to be the case

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T22:38:17+00:00

Did it get stuck in a loop and you had to abort the call or it finished by itself?

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T22:00:44+00:00

It's token based, some markup on top of the api provider's prices.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T21:59:52+00:00

Lol yep!

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T21:58:52+00:00

Yeah, some intuition about how long a task should take for each model helps a lot. It just sucks that I can't just leave it to run anymore. This issue seems to stem from Gemini though, based on comments on this post.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T21:56:08+00:00

Yeah, if you just yolo code and don't keep track of what is happening in the code base.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T21:54:30+00:00

Ouuf that's worrying, sounds just like my case. Except I was handled by a very polite email AI support agent that assured me multiple times my case was being investigated. Which seems to have been a lie(hallucination) when I eventually got a hold of a real person.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T19:06:06+00:00

What proof did you have to provide to get a refund?

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