ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results

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apparent · 2h ago

Seems like they had to opt-in to make it "discoverable". But was this just once, or for every shared chat? Did it default to 'on' after the user checked the box once?

yaroslavvb · 1h ago

I've used this feature before to make my chats discoverable through search engines. I had to manually click it each time I shared, it didn't toggle on.

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ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results

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