‘Ruined my Christmas spirit’: McDonald’s removes AI-generated ad after backlash
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#722ZS)
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 the Netherlands after it was criticised online.
The ad, titled the most terrible time of the year", depicts scenes of Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a gift-laden Dutch cyclist slipping in the snow. And the message? Retreat to a McDonald's restaurant until January and ride out the festive season.
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