Bill Simmons’ podcast co-hosts are tired of his AI antics

Bill Simmons, the iconoclastic podcaster and sports columnist, often uses his airtime to dissect the foibles of well-known figures such as Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League, and Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

But this week the online ire is focused on Mr. Simmons.

Film buffs are complaining about several instances in which Mr. Simmons used ChatGPT — which he sometimes accidentally mispronounces “ChatGBT” — to approximate the opinions of the deceased film critic Roger Ebert in his movie podcast, “The Rewatchables.” Some argued that it was disrespectful of Mr. Ebert; others said it was incongruous that Mr. Simmons, a columnist, would use technology to misappropriate another writer’s work.

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