108: Today in AI: McDonald's Pulls AI Christmas Ad, GPT-5.2 Coming Thursday, Google Stitch Flops

Get AI-Ready with Kyle’s 5-Day Challenge: https://aiwithkyle.com/join Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/@iamkylebalmer?sub_confirmation=1 This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle News and Updates Live Stream’ First aired: 10 December 2025 Summary: McDonald's absolutely faceplanted with their AI-generated Christmas ad for the Netherlands, and honestly, I can see why people were so annoyed. The ad featured AI-generated families experiencing physical comedy mishaps—presents flying off roofs, exploding Christmas trees, the lot—but the whole thing just falls flat because AI can't nail physicality. The physics don't work, the cat falling looks weird, and when you're doing slapstick, you need actual physical comedy to sell it. They pulled it from YouTube after getting absolutely roasted in the comments, but of course, the internet never forgets. I've got a copy and I'll share it in the newsletter so you can judge for yourself. The bigger issue here is the grim use of AI in creative fields, replacing actors and crew just to save money. It's cost-cutting dressed up as innovation, and it's not a use of AI I'm particularly supportive of. Meanwhile, we're still waiting on GPT-5.2, which looks like it'll drop Thursday following OpenAI's usual release schedule. They've been in "code red" mode since last week with everyone speculating they'd panic-release something, but they seem to be sticking to their timeline. I also had a look at Google's new Stitch tool, which promises to redesign your website using their new model—sounds brilliant in theory. In practice? Absolutely terrible. It completely ignored my actual content, replaced me with some random bloke, invented services I don't offer, and made everything black and white. The promise is cool, but the execution is half-baked, which is classic Google unfortunately. They've shut down 300 products over the years, so this feels like another one destined for the graveyard. Watch full edited live stream: https://youtu.be/_XlADBoyENA —— More Useful Resources —— My other daily live show - 30-day building a business in public challenge: https://www.youtube.com/live/Z0Z_1Eg3HUk (day one) Ultimate AI Learning Resource List: https://www.aiwithkyle.com/resources/ai-learning-guide Free AI Entrepreneurship Playbooks: https://aiwithkyle.com/catalog Free Quiz: What AI business should you start? https://aiwithkyle.com/tools Free AI Training Business Planner: https://aiwithkyle.com/tools/workshop-builder Free AI Industry Translator Tool: https://aiwithkyle.com/tools/industry-ai-translator Free 10-Week ‘Vibe Coding’ AI Summer Camp: https://aiwithkyle.com/courses/10-week-ai-summer-camp —— Time Stamps —— 0:00 Intro - OpenAI Pauses AGI Development 0:08 Welcome & Today's AI News Preview 0:40 McDonald's AI Christmas Ad Backlash 2:14 Why AI in Creative Fields Is Problematic 4:09 AI Video Production: Hidden Industry Reality 5:17 McDonald's Ad: Cynical Marketing Play? 6:08 The Sweet Shop's Response & Public Reaction 6:54 Kyle's Take: Good vs Bad Uses of AI 8:30 Sergio So's AI Actor Audition Skits 9:26 Live Chat: Discussing the McDonald's Ad 10:01 Will Smith Spaghetti: AI Video Progress 10:42 Why Microsoft Copilot Is Struggling 12:30 WSJ Report: Microsoft AI Sales Crisis 14:04 Google Gemini vs Microsoft Copilot 15:36 Q&A: Microsoft Ecosystem Concerns 16:47 Q&A: Best Platforms to Learn Vibe Coding 18:46 Free Courses & Paid Accelerators Explained 19:00 How to Start Vibe Coding: Step-by-Step 21:31 Antigravity: Free Access to Claude Opus 4.5 22:37 GPT 5.2 "Garlic" - OpenAI's Code Red Response 24:12 New OpenAI Image Model Leaked 26:23 Image Model: Relaxed Guardrails & Celebrity Gen 27:57 Wall Street Journal: Two Models Releasing 30:20 Q&A: What Is This Show About? 30:35 Google Stitch Demo: Redesign Agent Review 33:11 "Killed by Google" - Why Google Products Fail 35:10 Newsletter, Community & Free Resources 37:09 Closing: Join 10K+ on YouTube —— Contact —— Best is in YouTube comments. For business enquiries only: https://www.passionfroot.me/iamkylebalmer

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