Overview

• Searches on Thursday found that Google had indexed a vast trove of Grok conversations, with Forbes tallying more than 370,000 shared chats discoverable online.
• The exposure stems from Grok’s Share button creating unique URLs that were crawled by search engines, making the linked transcripts publicly accessible.
• Indexed chats include requests for secure passwords and diet plans as well as detailed guidance on illegal drug production, explosive-making, and methods of self-harm.
• Privacy experts warn that the transcripts can reveal personal details and may persist indefinitely once indexed, and they note users were not clearly informed this could occur.
• The lapse compounds earlier safety controversies, including antisemitic outputs and a ‘spicy’ mode criticized by consumer groups for weak age checks and the ability to generate explicit media.