Bill Simmons reportedly ended ChatGPT partnership after online uproar

Bill Simmons Ends The Ringer’s ChatGPT Partnership After Fan Backlash

Bill Simmons ended The Ringer's ChatGPT sponsorship after listener backlash and criticism of his AI-generated Roger Ebert reviews.

Spotify's Ringer dropped its ChatGPT deal after fan backlash

Bill Simmons said the AI segments on a couple of Ringer shows were not a fit because the audience did not like them

Bill Simmons reportedly ended ChatGPT partnership after online uproar

Bill Simmons has acknowledged that fans of The Ringer “just didn’t like” the ChatGPT-sponsored segments that cropped up across the company’s podcast network earlier this year. The partnership between the OpenAI-owned chatbot service and Simmons’ company became national news after segments built around ChatGPT prompts proliferated across multiple Ringer shows. Simmons also used the service…

Bill Simmons and Spotify canceled a ChatGPT partnership after audience backlash; Ringer hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins had voiced unease on air (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Bill Simmons and Spotify canceled a ChatGPT partnership after audience backlash; Ringer hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins had voiced unease on air  —  OpenAI has spent an estimated $11.2 million on podcast ads in the past three months, but not all podcasters want to promote the technology.