[Apple Lowers Employee AI Spending Cap, Daily Limit for Some Teams May Drop to $100] According to a report by Yonhap News Agency citing sources, Apple is controlling costs by reducing employee AI usage budgets. Last month, Apple lowered the daily spending cap for some engineers using AI models from $300 to $200. Apple also plans to further tighten restrictions for some engineering teams, potentially reducing the daily cap to $100. Several non-engineering departments already have a $100 daily cap. In addition, Microsoft has tightened internal AI spending limits. Tesla has set a weekly cap of $200 for employee AI spending. Uber has set a monthly limit of $1,500 for the use of a single AI programming tool. Meta has introduced a token budget and is encouraging employees to switch to self-developed AI tools.