Apple 据报削减内部 AI 使用预算
Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage
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Apple 据报下调了工程团队每日 AI 使用额度，从 300 美元降至 200 美元，部分额度还将进一步降至每天 100 美元。
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彭博社报道称，工程团队之外的部门正在考虑低至每天 25 美元的上限。此举对一家一直努力将 AI 融入工程流程的公司而言是明显转变。今年早些时候，不少公司曾推动员工尽可能多地使用 AI，但随着 token 账单到期，token 配额管理被视为更务实的做法。外界对 AI 构建与运行成本同其带来的生产力提升之间存在的差距仍有担忧。TechCrunch 已联系 Apple 寻求置评。
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5:26 PM PST · November 4, 2026
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.