diff --git a/app/Jobs/Tasks/GenerateShopeeAIArticleTask.php b/app/Jobs/Tasks/GenerateShopeeAIArticleTask.php
index 844b8fa..6bc7e24 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Tasks/GenerateShopeeAIArticleTask.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Tasks/GenerateShopeeAIArticleTask.php
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public static function handle(ShopeeSellerScrape $shopee_seller_scrape)
 
         $excerpt = self::stripHtml($raw_html);
 
+        $excerpt = substr($excerpt, 0, 1500); // limit to 1500 characters due to OpenAI model limitations unless use 16k model, $$$$
+
         $excerpt .= self::getProductPricingExcerpt($shopee_task->product_task->response->jsonld);
 
         $photos = ShopeeSellerScrapedImage::where('shopee_seller_scrape_id', $shopee_seller_scrape->id)->where('featured', false)->orderByRaw('RAND()')->take(3)->get()->pluck('image')->toArray();