In the Netherlands, McDonald’s halts an advertising campaign that uses AI

A reindeer-pulled sleigh stuck in traffic, an ice skater falling, a cargo bike transporting a giant Christmas tree that slides backward instead of moving forward on a snowy bridge over a canal: The advertising campaign devised in the Netherlands by McDonald’s aimed to be humorous, implying that instead of struggling to prepare for Christmas during “the most terrible time of the year,” the Dutch would be much better off at a fast-food restaurant.