Users and AI conversation records should have been private, but according to the X platform an analytical consultant found that some users use Google Bard conversation records content, appearing in Google public search results.
It is reported that when Google expanded the deployment of the Bard AI tool in July this year, added the function of “sharing conversation links”. Users can export their conversations with Bard as web links and share them with others so that they can continue their conversations with Bard.
Gagan Ghotra, an analytics consultant for the X platform, discovered that Google incorrectly indexed some of the links shared by users in its search results, leading to the release of sensitive information.
▲ Image courtesy of Gagan Ghotra’s post on the X platform
▲ Source Gagan Ghotra’s post on Platform X
Gagan Ghotra, accordingly, warned users not to share any “private content” while conversing with Bard, or the information may be leaked.
Google search public relations department responded that Bard allows users to share links, but the premise is that this is the user’s “voluntary”. Google claimed that “its search engine has never indexed these shared links”, and staff are currently working to remove these inappropriate search results.
In March, OpenAI’s ChatGPT also briefly leaked user conversations, prompting OpenAI to add the ability to allow users to turn off the recording of ChatGPT conversations.
