Apple Sets Employee AI Usage Budgets to Rein in Costs

Apple is capping employee AI spending budgets to curb costs, lowering daily limits for some engineers from $300 to $200, with potential plans to further reduce them to $100. The company is directing certain teams to switch to more affordable models or pivot to on-device AI, while daily caps for non-engineering teams could drop as low as $25. Employees are currently permitted to use models including Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini; however, some staff noted that few ever reached the previous limits, suggesting actual cost savings may be limited.