The search-engine-indexing feature recently went viral online — if you knew where to look, anyone on the internet could access public ChatGPT logs where people seemed to confess to crimes, share trade secrets,

OpenAI has removed a feature that allowed ChatGPT conversations to be searchable on Google due to privacy concerns. The feature, which was optional, led to many users accidentally sharing personal information.

OpenAI said it has now removed the feature that allowed search engines like Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo to index publicly shared ChatGPT conversations.

When a small but critical portion of shared ChatGPT queries were found to be easily searchable on the open web, OpenAI decided to batten down the hatches.

OpenAI swiftly retracted a newly launched ChatGPT feature that allowed conversations to be discoverable by search engines due to significant privacy concerns. The opt-in feature, intended to enhance utility by integrating real-time search,

ChatGPT's public sharing feature is gone due to risks of accidental data leaks. The tool let chats appear in Google search results.