AI Slop Ad Backfires For McDonald’s

McDonald’s has pulled an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after viewers pushed back on what they called a distasteful, “AI slop”-filled take on the holidays. The 45-second ad, titled “It’s the most terrible time of the year,” was a satirical look at holiday chaos — people tripping while carrying overloaded gift bags, getting tangled in lights, burning homemade cookies, starting kitchen fires — and ended with a suggestion to ditch the madness and hide out at…