Google Workspace released a commercial that depicts the founding fathers using AI tools to draft the Declaration of Independence.
Google Workspace released a commercial that depicts the founding fathers using AI tools to draft the Declaration of Independence. In the video, Ben Franklin texts Thomas Jefferson about a draft, which Jefferson photographs and transcribes into a Google Doc with AI assistance. Franklin and John Adams join to make edits in suggestion mode, while Gemini schedules a meeting and records notes during a Google Meet call. The AI also generates a seal featuring a turkey. The founders ask Gemini whether to give King George III edit access to the document. CUNY history professor Angus Johnston said the scenario illustrates the limits of AI for political organizing and collaboration.
- Publisher
- theverge
- Reliability
- high
- Published
- 7/6/2026, 10:00:24 AM
- Retrieved
- 7/6/2026, 10:00:24 AM
- Relevance
- 80%
- Confidence
- 85%

