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2024 ADC Awards - Artificial Intelligence

Have AI Break

Agency Courage / Toronto + KitKat / Toronto + Alter Ego / Toronto + Eggplant Music and Sound / Toronto

Client KitKat

Category

AI / Idea

Annual ID

ADC103_ART013M

About the Work

Today, AI is tasked with doing just about everything, from generating heartfelt letters to returning thoroughly detailed research results. And, as it turns out those results could be enhanced with the right prompting. A recent Google DeepMind study on large language model-based AIs, detailed how prompting “take a breath” before any request improves the accuracy of the response. Which had us and KitKat thinking, would it work with the world’s most iconic tagline?

The results were pretty sweet: Asking the AI to “Have A Break, and then…” led to detailed, more accurate responses when compared to the same question without the additional instruction.

KitKat’s discovery was shared with the world with a vibrant video that went live on social media across the globe. It didn’t take long before leaders in the tech world spread it like wildfire touting the innovative use of AI. The results were astounding with over 8.7 Million organic impressions from the first week. The conversation-starting video boosted KitKat’s social engagement by 120% propelling KitKat’s already sizable brand love an extra 250%. Soon enough, our discovery had the whole world typing KitKat’s famous tagline over and OVER again – using “have a break” to answer their biggest questions.

2024 Awards

Total Points: 3

Merit Honor

Credits

Agency

Courage / Toronto

Media Agency

Thrive / Toronto

Client / Brand

KitKat / Toronto

Production Company

Alter Ego / Toronto

Music / Sound Production Company

Eggplant Music and Sound / Toronto

Associate Creative Director

Matt Miller
Tommy Yong

Composer

Peter Pacey

Editor

Marcus Barrie

Executive Producer

Hilda Pereira
Nicola Treadgold

Graphic Designer

Edward Deng

Producer

Katie Fowler

Writer

Emma Lorenzi

Senior Strategist

Lyndsey Westfall

Senior VP, CMO

Tracey Cooke

Account Director

Sacha Alleyne

Account Executive

Jordan McConnell

Account Supervisor

Niharika Chadha

Assistant Marketing Manager

Jenny Chu

Audio Director

Jamie Pennock

Corporate Affairs

Brittany Blow

Group Account Director

Alex Karayannides

Marketing Leader, Everyday Confectionary

Riona Coller

Partner, CSO

Tom Kenny

Partner, President

Niki Sahni

post production coordinator

Sunaina Arora

Senior Marketing Manager

Aseem Gulati

Sound Design & Mix

Peter Pacey

VFX Producer

Bobbi Dedman

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