OpenAI Pulls ‘Make Chat Discoverable’ Feature from ChatGPT to Safeguard Privacy

OpenAI quickly removed a feature that allowed shared ChatGPT conversations to be indexed by search engines.

Privacy experiment ends abruptly

OpenAI has disabled a ChatGPT feature that allowed users to make shared chats searchable via search engines, such as Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo. The toggle, labeled “Make this chat discoverable,” required opt-in by two clicks, sharing the link, then checking the box. It was meant as a “short-lived experiment” to surface helpful conversations.

However,