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Apple is putting employees on daily AI budgets, Gurman reports

Some engineers dropped from $300 to $200 a day, with more cuts possible. Apple has not commented.

Leaked on 04 November 2026

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Apple is curbing employee AI use to cut costs, Mark Gurman (@markgurman) reported. MacRumors relayed the details: in October Apple limited some engineers to $200 per day of AI spending, down from $300.

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More cuts could follow, with some engineers dropping to $100 and some teams capped at $25, according to MacRumors. Apple lets employees use Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other models. Macworld also covered the change.

Apple has not commented.

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