Posted Jul 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTCTExternal LinkBaseball 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.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Thomas Ricker
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.” [Link: MLB cracks down on using AI via dugout iPads to help shape in-game decisions | https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7448900/2026/07/16/mlb-bans-ai-dugout-ipads/ | The Athletic]
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