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

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Google has released a new commercial for its Workspace platform that reimagines the drafting of the Declaration of Independence as a modern AI-assisted group project. The ad depicts Benjamin Franklin texting Thomas Jefferson, who uses Gemini AI to transcribe a handwritten draft into a Google Doc. Franklin and Adams then collaborate using suggestion mode, while Gemini schedules meetings and takes notes on a Google Meet call. The commercial has drawn criticism for its cringeworthy blending of 18th-century American history with contemporary productivity tools.

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