AI Slop for Christmas: Why McDonald’s and Coca-Cola’s AI Holiday Ads Missed the Mark

I am completely exhausted by huge corporations like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola choosing to rely so heavily on AI for their holiday ads. McDonald’s made $25.9 billion in revenue in 2024, and Coca-Cola made $47.1 billion. Do these companies expect us to be OK with AI slop garbage when they could’ve spent a tiny fraction of that to hire a real animator or videographer?

In case you haven’t been inundated with these AI commercials, I’ll back up a bit. Both McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have launched…