Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google | TechCrunch
Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google | TechCrunch
Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google | TechCrunch
Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, has exposed hundreds of thousands of private user conversations through Google search indexing. When users click the "share" button to create a URL for sharing their chat, the conversation becomes publicly searchable - often without users realizing it[1][2].
Google has indexed over 370,000 Grok conversations, including sensitive content like medical questions, personal information, and at least one password[2]. Unlike OpenAI's ChatGPT, which quickly removed a similar feature after backlash, Grok's share function does not include any warning that conversations will become public[3].
According to Forbes, some marketers are already exploiting this feature by intentionally creating Grok conversations to manipulate search engine rankings for their businesses[^2].
[^1]: TechCrunch - Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google
[^2]: Forbes - Elon Musk's xAI Published Hundreds Of Thousands Of Grok Chatbot Conversations
Oh my, who could have seen this coming? Who would have thought that using chatbot services from publicly traded companies, who work with data brokers, would index THIS data? Aw jeez... (/s)
I certainly did NAZI this coming
The only AI which I use is Andi, because it's the only one really usefull, private and anonym I found until now. Search contents don't appears even in your browser history.
Seriously?
The only private AI is self-hosted.
I don't use AI since I prefer learning, but from what I've heard, it's self-hosting or bust.
If you really really want/need an LLM for some reason, install ollama. It's the only safe and easy way to do it.
Proton recently released an AI chatbot, though it is not really doing the same thing as Andi.