OpenAI is removing ChatGPT conversations from Google

OpenAI has removed a feature that allowed ChatGPT conversations to appear in Google search results. The feature, which was a "short-lived experiment," allowed users to create shareable URLs for their chats, with an option to make them "discoverable" on the web. This led to concerns about privacy, as the indexed chats could potentially contain sensitive information, even without explicitly identifying the users. After public outrage, sparked by a Fast Company article, OpenAI's chief information security officer, Dane Stuckey, acknowledged that the feature "introduced too many opportunities for folks to accidentally share things they didn't intend to." As a result, OpenAI has decided to remove the option to make ChatGPT conversations discoverable in search engines. The article emphasizes that this was not a hack or data breach, but rather a feature that allowed users to share their chats publicly. However, the backlash from users who may have created public links for private purposes led OpenAI to reconsider and remove the discoverability option.