News Summary

• The Oakland Ballers, an independent Pioneer League baseball team, let an AI manage the team for a game.
• The Ballers were founded by edtech entrepreneur Paul Freedman as a salve to the departure of the beloved Oakland A’s.
• The AI made all of the same choices regarding pitching changes, lineup construction, and pinch hitters that Miles would have made.
• For many fans, the AI experiment felt like a betrayal to the kind of corporate greed that pushed the A's out.