$300 → $200… Apple lowers AI budget caps for some engineers

Apple cut the daily AI model usage budget cap for some engineers from $300 to $200 in October, Bloomberg reported, with plans to lower some engineering teams' limits to $100; several teams outside engineering already operate under a $100 daily cap. The $200 figure is a ceiling on allowable spend rather than actual usage, so the change alone does not reveal real consumption or the scale of Apple's cost savings. The move signals that even the world's most valuable company is tightening AI spending discipline at the individual-engineer level. What to watch next is whether the reduced caps spread to more teams or show up in Apple's AI infrastructure spending and partner agreements.