Apple Reduces Employee AI Budgets Amid Corporate Cost Controls

Apple reduced daily employee budgets for artificial intelligence usage as part of an organization-wide effort to control growing operational expenses.

The company lowered the daily AI spending allowance for specific engineers from $300 to $200, with potential further cuts planned down to $100.

The budgets restrict tokens consumed by models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini, mirroring cost-cutting trends across the tech sector.