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New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI
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With the tagline “Group project, but make it 1776,” the ad depicts a largely unseen Thomas Jefferson mid-draft when he gets a nagging text from Ben Franklin, leading to a Google-centric collaboration process.
Key facts
- With the tagline “Group project, but make it 1776,” the ad depicts a largely unseen Thomas Jefferson mid-draft when he gets a nagging text from Ben Franklin, leading to a Google-centric collaboration
- Of course, since this is an ad from a tech company in the year 2026, AI has a role to play
- Perhaps the most AI-forward element of the ad is the footage itself, which to their eye has the uncanny glow of AI-generated video
- Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial from Google asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace
Summary
Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial from Google asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace? Of course, since this is an ad from a tech company in the year 2026, AI has a role to play. The whole thing is tongue-in-cheek (at one point, Sam Adams asks, “Can we settle this over beers?”), and the AI evangelism is relatively discreet when compared to many other recent ads. While viewer comments on YouTube and Instagram appear to be mostly positive, you may not be surprised to learn that the response on Bluesky has been far more critical.