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As chip stocks plummet, Apple quietly trims AI budget for employees

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(KRON) -- As chip stocks and others related to the AI trade drop, one major tech company has quietly cut its internal budget for employee AI use by at least a third. According to a report Wednesday in Bloomberg, Apple cut its internal AI usage budget in a move to reduce spending.

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4 articles, oldest first.

  1. Bloomberg

    Apple Cuts Internal AI Usage Budgets in Move to Reduce Spending (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    Apple Inc. is reducing employee budgets for artificial intelligence usage as part of a cost-cutting effort, even as the company seeks to put AI at the center of its operations.

  2. WDIO Duluth

    Tech Bytes: AI-related budget cutting at Apple (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    In today's Tech Bytes, AI-related budget cutting at Apple. Bloomberg reports the tech giant is slashing daily engineer spending for AI use.

  3. KRON4

    As chip stocks plummet, Apple quietly trims AI budget for employees (opens KRON4)

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    (KRON) -- As chip stocks and others related to the AI trade drop, one major tech company has quietly cut its internal budget for employee AI use by at least a third. According to a report Wednesday in Bloomberg, Apple cut its internal AI usage budget in a move to reduce spending.

  4. Fast Company

    Apple is slashing AI budgets—the latest company to do so (opens Fast Company)

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    Fast Company's feed description

    Tokenmaxxing is on the way out, even as some of the biggest players in the tech industry are urging their employees to use AI as much as possible. A new Bloomberg report reveals that Apple is cutting employee budgets for AI token usage while remaining just as committed to deploying AI to boost effic…

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