US EditionOpenAI Pulls Chat Sharing Tool After Google Search Privacy Scare
GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS AND THE CHATGPT PLATFORM, AUG 2 – OpenAI removed the feature after nearly 4,500 private conversations became publicly searchable due to user opt-in errors, raising concerns about data privacy and user safety.
- OpenAI removed the ChatGPT feature that let users share conversations publicly, causing those chats to appear in Google search results.
- This removal followed a Fast Company report revealing thousands of public chats, including sensitive content, were indexed by Google, prompting privacy concerns.
- The Chief Information Security Officer of OpenAI, Dane Stuckey, explained that the feature led to numerous unintentional shares, prompting the company to begin removing indexed chat content from search engines.
- Fast Company found nearly 4,500 shared ChatGPT conversations in search results, including mental health disclosures, job evaluations, and proprietary code.
- The feature’s removal highlights challenges in ensuring users understand sharing risks and raises ongoing questions about AI privacy safeguards.
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