Apple Lowers Employee Spending Budgets for Artificial Intelligence Tools

Apple reduced daily spending limits for employee artificial intelligence usage to cut costs while continuing to expand AI across its operations. Engineers saw their daily allowance drop to 200 dollars last month from 300 dollars.

Further Cuts

The company is considering lowering daily limits further to 100 dollars for some engineering teams. Non-engineering groups already operating under a 100-dollar daily cap could see their limits drop to as little as 25 dollars. Employees who need higher access limits can ask senior executives for exemptions.

Context

These budgets cover AI tokens, which are units of data processed by models like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini. The tech industry is increasingly reviewing high AI expenses after initially encouraging widespread use.