Apple reportedly cut some engineers' daily AI cap to $200

Apple has reportedly cut the daily spending cap for some engineers using AI models to $200 from $300. The change happened last month, according to people with knowledge of it.

The cut covers some engineers, not every team. The report says Apple is reducing employee budgets for artificial intelligence use as part of a cost-cutting effort, even as it seeks to put AI at the center of its operations. The people asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.

A deeper cut is still only a plan. Apple is now planning further reductions for some engineering teams, potentially to as little as $100 a day. That figure is not a completed change. The report does not say how many engineers are affected, which models the caps cover, or what Apple spends on AI use in total.

Apple has not confirmed the figures. The account comes from one report citing unnamed people. No company statement in that report sets a new public budget, a start date beyond last month, or a date for the possible cut to $100.