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McDonald's pulls 'creepy' AI-generated Christmas ad after viewer backlash

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McDonald's pulled a Christmas ad made by artificial intelligence after viewers deemed it "creepy."The 45-second ad, which originally premiered on Saturday on the company's Netherlands YouTube channel, was set to the Christmas song, "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", with altered lyrics dubbing it the "most terrible time of the year." The ad also featured absurd holiday situations such as a Christmas tree exploding in a living room and Santa Claus causing a traffic jam.McDonald's initially removed comments for the video before eventually making it private days later.WILL ARTIFICIAL INT...

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