The Netherlands' division of McDonald's has pulled its Christmas advert following online backlash over its AI-generated content. The advert, which was titled "the most stressful time of year," ...

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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents The industry run-regulator, Ad Standards, logged nearly 5,000 complaints across 252 ads this year, and found that ...

McDonald's Netherlands 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 ...

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McDonald's Netherlands released a Christmas ad on Dec. 6 that calls the holiday season "the worst time of the year." The ad quickly drew criticism, with many viewers condemning its grim message and ...

Commercial in Netherlands depicting festival-season chaos at ‘most terrible time of year’ prompted flurry of criticism online McDonald’s says it has removed an AI-generated Christmas advertisement in ...

Update: McDonald’s has issued a very strange response to the drama. Thanks to the rise in popularity of generative AI, mainstream companies like Coca-Cola and Google are jumping on the bandwagon to ...

Some social media users in the Netherlands said they couldn't stomach it, so McDonald's has withdrawn an advertisement generated entirely by artificial intelligence. Entitled “the most terrible time ...

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