Apple lowers employee AI spending cap, daily allowance for some teams may drop to $100

on November 5, according to Yonhap News Agency citing informed sources, Apple is controlling costs by reducing employee AI usage budgets. Last month, Apple lowered the daily spending cap for some engineers working with AI models from $300 to $200. Apple also plans to further restrict certain engineering teams, with the daily cap potentially dropping to $100. Multiple non-engineering departments have already implemented a $100 daily limit.

Additionally, Microsoft has tightened its internal AI spending caps. Tesla has set a weekly $200 limit on employee AI spending. Uber has allocated a monthly quota of $1,500 for individual AI coding tools. Meanwhile, Meta has introduced a token budget and encouraged employees to switch to in-house AI tools.