OpenAI’s ChatGPT share links are showing up in Google searches, exposing user conversations
You can now find strangers’ ChatGPT conversations just by googling for URLs from “https://chatgpt.com/share.” Some are mundane — bathroom renovations, astrophysics questions, recipes. Others more personal or bizarre.
One user shared a resume rewrite attempt for a job (spoiler: looks like they didn’t get it). Another fired off incel-style questions. Another pushed the AI with trollish queries, leading to a “How to Use a Microwave Without Summoning Satan” guide. 
ChatGPT doesn’t share chats publicly by default. The user has to manually hit “share” then “create link.” OpenAI says names and custom instructions stay private after sharing.
But the problem: those shared URLs are getting indexed by Google. This can reveal private info unintentionally. The reporter even found a user’s LinkedIn profile from details in a shared chat.
This mirrors how Google indexes some public Drive links but without the usual safeguards for unlinked or private files.
OpenAI didn’t comment. Google told TechCrunch:
“Neither Google nor any other search engine controls what pages are made public on the web,” a Google spokesperson said.
“Publishers of these pages have full control over whether they are indexed by search engines.”
Users beware: sharing your ChatGPT conversations can make them searchable by anyone. The privacy risk here is real and unexpected.
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