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何もありません and 何もあります both have the same meaning according to google translate. I
have no trouble in understanding why 何もありません has the meaning of
"nothing/everything" as one of my native languages has a similar structure but
何もあります is what I have problems with.

How can a word when in the negative and positive form both give out the same
meaning? Both according to google translate means "There is nothing". Is
何もあります even spoken much in day-to-day talks?
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What is the difference between 何もありません and 何もあります?
何もあります is a mistake. Google translate is not able to tell you whether a
sentence is grammatically correct or not, so maybe it's just giving you its
closest guess.

Note however that you _can_ use it in a positive sense if you use でも instead
of も.

  * 何{なに}もありません = there is nothing

  * 何{なん}でもあります = there is anything/everything

Also note the difference in the reading of the kanji "何" in these two cases.

Reference:
[現代日本語文法概説：１６．疑問語・不定語](https://web.archive.org/web/20180318034313/http://www.geocities.jp/niwasaburoo/16gimongo.html)
(section 16.2.1/16.2.2)
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