US EditionMcDonald's Pulls AI-Generated ad After Online Backlash
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op-online.deThe 45-second clip "It's the Most Terrible Time of the Year" showed chaotic glitches during the holidays. After considerable criticism on Instagram, Reddit and X, the video was put on private after three days.
McDonald's has pulled its AI-created Christmas commercial after a wave of criticism. Some people said the spot, which depicts holiday chaos, was cynical and tasteless. Coca-Cola's Christmas commercial, which used AI to create the clip for the second year in a row, also drew negative reactions this year.
McDonald’s pulls creepy AI-generated Xmas ad after backlash
McDonald’s Netherlands has pulled an AI-generated holiday commercial after the spot was widely mocked across social media, reigniting criticism around the growing use of generative artificial intelligence in advertising. The forty-five-second Christmas ad was created for McDonald’s Netherlands by agency TBWA Neboko and produced by The Sweetshop. Fully generated using AI, the spot flips the classic seasonal refrain by declaring the holidays the “…
McDonald's Pulls AI-Generated Ad After Backlash
Photo Credit: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images McDonald’s Netherlands recently put out a holiday season adevertisement on their YouTube channel, made using generative AI. The video quickly received backlash, leading to the fast-food chain taking the video down. Now, many users have turned to AI to create reworked parodies of the ad. McDonald’s faces backlash for AI commercial Recently, McDonald’s Netherlands reportedly posted an AI-generat…
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