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Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI

A new Google Workspace ad depicts the founding fathers using AI tools like Gemini to draft the Declaration of Independence, drawing criticism for being cringey and historically inaccurate. Historian Angus Johnston says it fails to show AI's real value in collaboration.

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Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI
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  • Google's ad features founding fathers using Gemini to draft the Declaration, including AI-suggested edits and meeting scheduling.
  • Cringey moments include asking whether to give King George III edit access to the document.
  • Historian criticizes the ad for not demonstrating AI's practical use in political organizing or human collaboration.

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