Overview

• OpenAI removed the opt-in checkbox that let users make chats discoverable after Fast Company found nearly 4,500 conversations in Google results.
• Digital Digging reported more than 100,000 ChatGPT and Grok share URLs preserved in Archive.org’s Wayback Machine because no large-scale exclusion request has been filed.
• Some publicly accessible conversations revealed sensitive personal and health details, including PTSD disclosures and private life discussions.
• OpenAI is collaborating with Google and other search engines to scrub indexed chat links, though executives say the remediation will take time.
• Users can now delete or manage shared chat URLs through ChatGPT’s Data Controls settings to prevent further unintended exposure.