A McDonald’s Netherlands commercial made with AI has vanished from screens after it provoked an avalanche of mockery and irritation from viewers. Complaints about unsettling visuals and an oddly violent tone for a holiday ad meant the ad for “the most terrible time of the year” only appeared for a few weeks.

A Dutch ad firm created an AI-generated commercial for McDonald's and released it online, causing significant backlash. It was eventually taken down.

Shopper are increasingly using chatbots for their hard-to-buy-for family and friends, with implications for bargain hunters and businesses.

A woman sent her mom her family Christmas photos including her newborn. She then got upset when she realized her mom edited the backgrounds with AI apps.

McDonald’s released an AI-generated Christmas ad, but the online backlash was so intense that comments were turned off on YouTube and the video was set to private.