Google ad imagines US Founding Fathers using Gemini AI to write Declaration of Independence

A new Google Workspace commercial imagines Benjamin Franklin texting Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Fathers using Google's collaboration tools and Gemini AI to draft the Declaration of Independence, opening with the tagline "Group project, but make it 1776." The ad has been widely criticised as cringeworthy and tone-deaf. It is seen as a particularly irritating example of tech companies inserting AI into historical and patriotic narratives.

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