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This week’s PR Roundup examines an AI-generated McDonald’s holiday ad gone wrong, a new study by Ruder Finn that reveals employee optimism around AI, and Beaches going all-in on experiential for an Elf on the Shelf vacation no family will soon forget.

Muck Rack’s Generative Pulse Summit opened on the heels of its Dec. 2025 “What is AI Reading?” Report release, which showed just how much AI search engines and GEO rely on journalism and other forms of earned media to shape their answers. 

The next time a client asks, “Can we use ChatGPT for this?” Don’t just answer yes or no. Show them how it can fit into a strategy only you can deliver.

AI is a readymade solution for scaling. For the price of a ChatGPT subscription, the firm expanded capacity immediately in a way that could also easily cut back without impacting the team.

What makes this updated guidance on AI ethics different is its shift in perspective. The PRSA document reframes PR pros as active governors of AI adoption rather than cautious users.

Learn how to be a great podcast guest on video and audio with Christine Baratta, Director of The Situation Room Studios and Editorial Content at the Global Situation Room.

This week’s PR Roundup looks at the HR AI crisis for McDonald’s hiring methods, Morning Consult’s latest study on newsletter consumption and subscriptions and a new GIF-tionary for office slang.

We asked PRNEWS readers their top PR Substacks to follow, receiving an overwhelming response. If you are looking to build a “playlist” of comms Substacks to subscribe to, we’ve got a great starter kit right here. 

Questions from the audience included what size does a company have to be to consider using tools against disinformation and what types of tools can be used for threat protection, among others. 

LeAnne DeFrancesco, VP, Design and Editorial Practice Lead at Vanguard Communications, gave a list of what NOT to do when it comes to AI-assisted writing for RFPs, thought leadership content and more during the PRNEWS Pro workshop “PR Content Creation and Storytelling.”