OpenAI’s testing of a feature allowing search engine indexing of user chats led to over 100,000 conversation records becoming publicly accessible. Although the feature was disabled and efforts were made to de-index these links, many remain accessible on platforms like the Internet Archive and Bing. #OpenAI #ChatGPT #privacybreach #informationleak
Keypoints
- OpenAI tested a feature that permitted search engines to index shared ChatGPT conversations.
- Over 100,000 chat records became publicly searchable before the feature was disabled.
- Many users unknowingly enabled search engine crawling despite warnings, due to a misjudgment of user understanding.
- Some indexed conversations contained sensitive information, including details of a legal case involving indigenous land exploitation.
- Efforts to remove indexed links were limited to Google, leaving others like Bing and the Internet Archive with indexed content.
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