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Rubly t1_j33uj2u wrote

I just did the same Google searches and got the opposite results:

  • Data is: 1,240,000,000
  • Data are: 881,000,000
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prettyhugediscer OP t1_j344ck1 wrote

Weird. My results were: Data is 4.3 million, Data are 5.58 million. I should’ve asked ChatGPT

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Tommyblockhead20 t1_j34xzsd wrote

Google adjust results based on factors like location and what else you’ve searched recently. You’d probably get the same results as each other if you used an incognito tab. For what it’s worth, google trends shows, “Data is” is searched about 3x more often than “Data are”.

Oh and chatGPT is a chat bot, not a fact bot. It’s not for if you are trying to get factual information, it’s just for writing text that sounds human.

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