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When you ask ChatGPT and other AIs to recommend a product or service, odds are the top answers were put there by humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The odds are the same no matter if the machine chooses the numbers, or you do.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
“There’s no bet that we’ll continue to see wet years after this, and odds are the next drought is around the corner.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Name a fast-food restaurant and the odds are the company has recently developed a branch without any restaurant at all.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2022
While they help with dissecting problems in mail delivery, odds are the average user will never want to see them.
From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe
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