The ad, widely panned as "AI slop," was removed from YouTube just four days after being posted by McDonald's Netherlands.

Hometown Coca-Cola has long been a marketing behemoth, from Super Bowl spots to its iconic holiday ads featuring Santa Claus and precocious polar bears. But Coca-Cola’s first advertisement was far ...

The commercial in question shows various AI-generated characters experiencing Christmas-themed mishaps, then finding refuge from “the madness, the lights, and the cheer” in McDonald’s. A parody of the ...

Every element of the spot, from the forest critters to the winter landscape, was rendered by hand. In Apple’s new holiday ad, “A Critter Carol,” a group of woodland puppets frolic in a wintery forest ...

They can make you smile or shed a tear. They can get you to reflect or prompt you to look ahead. Themed advertisements have long been a staple of the holiday season, with roots in the 1930s and ...

Just like the last time I tested Copilot Vision and Voice Mode, I made a list of all the prompts in Microsoft’s ad and I’m checking them twice. Or as many times as I can stomach before hitting the nog ...

"They love 'Santa Claus Lane,' which is like an original song that record," Duff added, referring to the title track. She ...

You can’t generate the holiday spirit with artificial intelligence — at least, according to social media. On Nov. 12, the brand dropped its latest “Holidays Are Coming” commercial. Since 1995, the ...

"Unloved" comes during a season when some companies turned to generative AI, while this truly beloved ad involved a team of ...

Christian nationalists vow to put "Christ back into Christmas." In response, the Church of England has launched a holiday ad campaign to counter the far-right appropriation of Christian symbols.

That’s the situation facing users of “Winter Fireplace,” a digital yule log on the Apple App Store. Drowning in a sea of similar vibey kitsch, Winter Fireplace starts off a free download, but soon ...

— -- Playful polar bears. Grouchy gingerbread men. Generous penguins. An under-the-weather Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. These are just a few of the animated characters appearing in holiday TV ...