McDonald's has taken down a Christmas advert made with Artificial Intelligence (AI) following online backlash. The 45-second advert was produced with generative AI clips and released publicly on ...

McDonald's has since removed the advert from YouTube and told BBC News that it was "an important learning" on "the effective ...

McDonald’s has released an AI-generated Christmas ad, sparking online backlash, which grew so fierce that McDonald’s turned off comments on YouTube before setting the video to private. However, the AI ...

Commercial in Netherlands depicting festival-season chaos at ‘most terrible time of year’ prompted flurry of criticism online ...

The video was widely criticised for its crude use of AI and message that Christmas is ‘the most terrible time of the year’ ...

The ad, widely panned as "AI slop," was removed from YouTube just four days after being posted by McDonald's Netherlands.

The commercial in question shows various AI-generated characters experiencing Christmas-themed mishaps, then finding refuge from “the madness, the lights, and the cheer” in McDonald’s. A parody of the ...

McDonald’s absolutely Mcskewered for ‘creepy and depressing’ AI-generated Christmas ad - Ad for McDonald’s Netherlands features several AI-generated people and families all experiencing mishaps in the ...

An AI-generated McDonald’s commercial meant to capture holiday stress instead sparked outrage, highlighting growing tensions around AI in advertising.

The global McDonald’s 2025 Christmas ad is set to star The Grinch, Campaign has learned. This will mean the Dr Seuss character will have a double bill this festive season, as supermarket Asda is also ...

We've seen various brands drop their logo on adverts lately, and McDonald's is the latest to release a spot with almost no branding at all. The campaign features a series of 30- and 10-inch films that ...