Thousands of private ChatGPT conversations have been appearing in Google search results because of the chatbot's "Share" feature, which the company recently removed following a backlash.

Thousands of private ChatGPT conversations are now showing up in Google search results, some containing highly sensitive personal details never meant for public view.

OpenAI has removed the option to make conversations with ChatGPT discoverable by search engines. Your conversations with ChatGPT can no longer be indexed or become searchable through Google and other search engines. OpenAI recently removed the feature that allowed users to opt in to having chats be discoverable.