Overview

• OpenAI deactivated the experimental 'Share' feature on July 31 after TechCrunch revealed that opt-in conversation links were publicly indexed by Google.
• Chief Information Security Officer Dane Stuckey stated on X that the feature’s removal would be followed by efforts to delist already indexed chats by the next morning.
• Google clarified that it indexes content based solely on publisher permissions and does not control which pages appear in search results.
• It remains unclear whether previously shared ChatGPT conversations will be permanently removed from search indexes.
• Privacy advocates and industry leaders are calling for stronger privacy-by-design safeguards in rapid AI feature rollouts.