特斯拉将每周 AI 支出限制在 200 美元 —— 但员工仍更爱 Claude
特斯拉将员工的 AI 每周支出限制在 200 美元，此前工程师每周消耗数千美元的 Token。这标志着从无限制实验向成本控制整合的转变。
tesla implemented a strict $200 weekly cap on employee ai spending starting july 6 to curb thousands of dollars in weekly token costs. the policy allows exemptions for beta xai products but requires approval for other overages, directly affecting internal use of tools like cursor's composer. engineers reportedly favor anthropic's claude over musk's promoted grok, highlighting friction between executive preference and actual utility. this restriction occurs as tesla pushes ai deployment for robotaxis and the optimus robot despite two years of flat revenue.