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What could the AI-generated Skinny campaign mean for advertising's future?

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Publish Date
Tue, 15 Jul 2025, 6:36pm
Liz Wright, 64, and her digital twin who is the AI-created brand ambassador for Skinny. Photo / Skinny
Liz Wright, 64, and her digital twin who is the AI-created brand ambassador for Skinny. Photo / Skinny

What could the AI-generated Skinny campaign mean for advertising's future?

Author
九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 15 Jul 2025, 6:36pm

TRA鈥檚 latest New Zealand鈥檚 Favourite Ads survey for June 2025 has revealed what ads Kiwis are loving the most - and one of the top contenders is powered by AI.

Skinny's new ad campaign starring a digitally cloned 64-year-old Liz Wright - chosen from hundreds of entries in a nationwide search - rounded out the top 10 in a list including Tux, One NZ, KFC and Turners. 

Spark's marketing and data director, Matt Bain, says AI has allowed digital effects in advertising to become more 'democratised'.

"Brands like Skinny can actually do things like clone a customer and then create scenes that wouldn't have been possible on Skinny's budgets."

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