Google Trends data show ChatGPT search interest surged globally within weeks of its November 2022 public release, with plagiarism among the top related queries¶
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q2 i? Search interest peaked on 12 December 2022 across data from 87 countries, and plagiarism ranked in two of the top five related queries. → Debby R. E. Cotton 2024
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Debby R. E. Cotton, Peter A. Cotton & J. Reuben Shipway (2024) Chatting and cheating: Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPT, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 61:2, 228-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2023.2190148
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Descriptive analysis of Google Trends data, reported in the discussion and Figure 1. The authors note that "plagiarism" was ranked in two out of the top five related search queries, and all top five queries were marked 'breakout' by Google Trends.
"ChatGPT surged in popularity only a short space of time after public release with search interest reaching a peak on the 12th of December 2022. The term was used globally, with Google Trends collecting search data from 87 different countries showing the global popularity and demand for this app."
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