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Somehow, this AI-generated McDonald’s ad about hating Christmas was a flop

If you’re having a stressful holiday season, the answer is McDonald’s – at least, that’s what a now-removed AI-generated ad suggested, as reported by Futurism.

Set to a song calling holiday season “the most terrible time of the year,” the ad shows AI-generated people falling victim to a slew of wintery woes, including family dinners, shopping, caroling, baking cookies, and putting up a Christmas tree, each of which goes wrong somehow. The ad concludes by telling viewers to “hide out in McDonald’s until January’s here.”

McDonald’s Pulls ‘God-Awful’ AI-Generated Christmas Advert Just Days After Major Backlash, Calls It ‘An Important Learning’

McDonald's has pulled a new ad created entirely with generative AI following a major backlash online. The 45-second clip was released on the McDonald's Netherlands’ YouTube channel on December 6 — with comments turned off — and was removed from the platform on December 9. It depicted "the most terrible…

December 10, 2025

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New York Becomes the First State to Require Transparency in the Use of AI Actors With New Law

New York has made history as the first state to enact a law requiring transparency in the use of AI-generated actors as well as the use of a person’s name, image, and likeness after death. Governor Kathy Hochul signed two pieces of legislation on December 11 that intend to slow…

December 15, 2025

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Coca-Cola’s new AI holiday ad is a sloppy eyesore

Look at all those blobby bunnies. Coca-Cola is once again using generative AI to reimagine its classic Coke caravan holiday commercials, and in doing so, killing some of the festive joy you have for the brand. After receiving backlash for airing three AI-generated holiday commercials last year that featured gliding…

November 3, 2025

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