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Baseball bans dugout iPads with AI apps.
Major League Baseball is cracking down on league-issued iPads provided to teams since 2016. Teams can no longer install custom apps that tap into generative AI to recommend “substitutions, pitch calling, and other in-game decisions traditionally made by players and coaches.” It seems up to “a third of the league used the dugout iPads for at least one of these purposes.”
TL;DR
- Major League Baseball is restricting the use of league-issued iPads provided since 2016.
- Teams are no longer allowed to install custom apps that use generative AI for in-game decisions.
- The AI apps were used for recommendations on substitutions, pitch calling, and other player/coach decisions.
- Up to a third of MLB teams reportedly used these iPads for these functions.