Overview

• OpenAI CISO Dane Stuckey announced the removal of the “Make this chat discoverable” checkbox that enabled users to have their shared conversations indexed by search engines.
• The company is working with Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and other providers to purge previously indexed links, though many remain findable on alternative search and archival platforms.
• Indexed content included sensitive personal and corporate information such as mental health disclosures, criminal confessions and proprietary business details.
• Meta AI’s Discover feed continues to allow shared conversations to be indexed by Google, underscoring persistent privacy and interface design challenges across AI platforms.
• OpenAI is contesting legal demands to retain user chat data indefinitely, creating tension between its privacy commitments and regulatory compliance.