Overview

• Google continues to index nearly 4,500 ChatGPT share URLs that users made publicly accessible through the opt-in feature
• OpenAI and Google both clarified that shared chats only appear in search results if users explicitly enable the web-indexing option
• Privacy experts warn that many users may not realize that clicking “share” and opting into indexing can reveal sensitive personal details
• OpenAI rolled back the search-indexing experiment and is working to remove previously indexed conversations from search engines
• Google noted that any publicly accessible link on the open web can be indexed and that publishers control whether their pages appear in search results