Apple Reportedly Cuts Budgets and Imposes Daily Spending Caps on Internal AI Usage

The economic reality of running heavy artificial intelligence workloads is prompting major tech companies to reevaluate operating costs. Reports indicate that Apple has begun cutting the daily amount its engineering teams can spend on AI tools.

After initially lowering the daily cap from $300 to $200 in October, further reductions are underway to drop allowances to $100 or even $25 a day for non-engineering departments. This trend marks a retreat from earlier aggressive token usage mandates, as companies realize that runaway operational expenses require a shift toward fiscal rationing and rigorous cost-benefit analysis.