Apple’s new ad, “Crush!,” has literally crushed creativity to highlight the iPad Pro’s sleekness. Apple’s latest iPad commercial is sparking controversy, featuring a giant hydraulic press crushing various creative tools, like musical instruments, paints, and cameras, to showcase the new iPad Pro’s slim design. Set to the tune of Sonny & Cher’s “All I Ever Need Is You,” the ad has faced backlash on social media. Critics label it “tone-deaf,” accusing it of disregarding the creative process. “The

McDonald’s AI-generated holiday ad from the Netherlands has been getting all sorts of flak in recent days. But a response video recreating one of the AI actors from the spot to rail against it is the most humiliating punch yet. The response, from an agency called All Trades Co, takes a character from the McDonald’s spot and gives her a full video of her own. She doesn’t hold back in skewering the spot, which the fast-food chain pulled off YouTube earlier this week after criticism from some quart