Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage
In Brief Posted: 5:26 PM PST · November 4, 2026 Image Credits:STR/NurPhoto / Getty Images Lucas Ropek Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage Apple is cutting the daily amount its engineering teams can spend on AI, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. It’s a big change for a company…
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In Brief Posted: 5:26 PM PST · November 4, 2026 Image Credits:STR/NurPhoto / Getty Images Lucas Ropek Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage Apple is cutting the daily amount its engineering teams can spend on AI, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. It’s a big change for a company that has worked to integrate the technology into its engineering processes. In October, Apple lowered the daily AI spending cap for its engineering teams, decreasing it from $300 to $200, the outlet reported. And more cuts are in the works, with some allowances falling to $100 a day, sources tell Bloomberg. Outside engineering, Apple is reportedly weighing a daily limit as low as $25 a day. TechCrunch has reached out to Apple for comment. Earlier this year, a tsunami of tokenmaxxing took hold, with companies pushing staff to use AI as much as possible in the name of vaguely defined efficiency gains. The frenzy was short-lived, however, as bills for said tokens came due, and companies decided that token rationing might be a more fiscally sensible approach. Concerns persist about an apparent gap between what AI costs to build and run and the (often unclear) productivity gains the technology is suppose to generate. Topics AI, TC November 4 Boston Buy One Pass, Get a Second FreeCover more ground at TechCrunch’s ultimate founder bootcamp of the year by bringing your co-founder or partner for freeBook before the BOGO deal expires Register Now Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related AI Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor Lucas Ropek 9 hours ago Apps Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up Sarah Perez 2 days ago AI Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing Sarah Perez 2 days ago Latest in AI In Brief Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage Lucas Ropek 5 hours ago Government & Policy After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming Dominic-Madori Davis 5 hours ago Government & Policy AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress — here’s how they fared Rebecca Bellan 7 hours ago