ChatGPT Users May Be Inadvertently Sharing Conversations in Search Results
ChatGPT conversations are reportedly showing up in Google search results if users of the artificial intelligence chatbot create links to share those conversations.
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A Google search using part of the shared link from OpenAI ’s ChatGPT discovers these conversations, Fast Company reported Thursday (July 31).
The publication found that more than 4,500 conversations showed up in these search results. Many of these conversations were personal, and some included information like users’ names and locations, if users included it in the chat, according to the report.
An OpenAI spokesperson said in the report: “ChatGPT conversations are private unless you choose to share them. Creating a link to share your chat also includes an option to make it visible in web searches. Shared chats are only visible in Google search if users explicitly select this option.”
