The hundreds of thousands of conversations that users with Elon Musk’s Xai Chatbot Grok have had are easily accessible through Google search, Forbe reports.
When a Grok user clicks the “Share” button in a conversation with a chatbot, a unique URL is created that users can use to share their conversations via email, text, or social media. According to Forbes, these URLs are indexed by search engines such as Google, Bing, and Duckduckgo.
Meta users and Openai chatbot users have recently been affected by a similar issue. Similar to these cases, Grok leaked chats offer a glimpse into the less desirable desire of users’ favors. Dirty chat with explicit AI persona. Ask for instructions regarding the scalpel cooking.
Xai’s rules prohibit the use of bots to develop “promote critically harming human lives” or “biological, chemical, or weapons of mass destruction,” but that doesn’t stop users from asking Grok for help with such things anyway.
According to a conversation that Google can access, Grok gave users instructions on how to make fentanyl, listing various suicide methods, handing out tips on building bombs, and providing detailed plans for the assassination of Elon Musk.
Xai did not respond immediately to requests for comment. I also asked when Xai began indexing Grok conversations’ indexes.
At the end of last month, ChatGpt users sounded an alarm saying their chats were indexed by Google. In a post with the word “Grok ftw,” Grok explained that “there is no such sharing feature” and that there is “prioritization (S) privacy.
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