Wire reporting: (Reuters, via CNA)

Channel NewsAsia published a Reuters dispatch on Wednesday saying Bloomberg News, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Apple has reduced employee budgets for internal AI use as part of a cost-control effort².

According to that account of Bloomberg's reporting, Apple last month lowered the daily AI spending allowance for some engineers to $200 from $300².

The company is considering further reductions for some engineering teams, potentially to $100 a day, the Reuters summary of Bloomberg said².

Some non-engineering groups already work under a $100 daily cap that could fall to as little as $25, the same account said, with employees who need more access able to seek exemptions from senior executives².

The budgets cover AI tokens processed by models including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini, Reuters said, citing Bloomberg².

Techmeme listed the same Bloomberg story by Mark Gurman, saying some engineers' daily AI spending cap was cut to $200 from $300 with plans for cuts as low as $100, and framing the change as cost cutting that has stoked staff fears of layoffs¹.

The CNA/Reuters item did not mention layoff fears².

Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment².

Reuters also noted Bloomberg had recently reported Goldman Sachs restricted access to some AI coding tools after a productivity and risk review².