How OpenAI's ChatGPT Share Feature Exposed Over 100,000 Chats Publicly
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Summary
The article discusses how OpenAI's 'Share' feature for ChatGPT conversations inadvertently led to over 100,000 chats becoming publicly accessible, indexed, and archived. The issue stemmed from a checkbox labeled 'Make this chat discoverable,' which many users overlooked. The piece explores the implications for SEO, the unexpected exposure of private chats, and what steps might follow.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWhen OpenAI let people share ChatGPT conversations publicly, it probably felt like a helpful feature.
But tucked behind that button was a small checkbox. 'Make this chat discoverable' And that changed everything.
Over 100,000 ChatGPT chats were publicly accessible, some indexed, and many archived long before OpenAI responded.
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