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MLB just slammed the door on artificial intelligence in the dugout. The league now forbids teams from using iPads to run AI for strategy decisions. No more algorithms. This isn’t a small tweak to the rules; it’s a hard ban on high-tech cheating that would’ve changed everything

Teams were using custom apps to help with in-game strategy, pitching changes and defensive substitutions. (This video contains AI-assisted content)

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is restricting iPad usage in dugouts to prevent the tablets from running artificial intelligence to help make strategy decisions, and former reliever Adam Ottavino said the New York Mets’ use of technology helped prompt the move

In a crackdown that has rankled some front offices across the league, Major League Baseball has effectively outlawed the growing practice of using league-provided dugout iPads to access generative artificial intelligence, which some teams had increasingly leaned upon to help shape in-game strategy