Skip to main content
The homepageThe VergeThe Verge logo.
The homepageThe VergeThe Verge logo.
Posted
H
Hayden Field
OpenAI killed a ChatGPT feature that made some sensitive conversations publicly searchable.

The search-engine-indexing feature recently went viral online — if you knew where to look, anyone on the internet could access public ChatGPT logs where people seemed to confess to crimes, share trade secrets, and more potentially damning scenarios.

Dane Stuckey, OpenAI’s CISO, shared in an X post Thursday that it will be removed starting Friday morning.

ChatGPT screenshot for the feature that allowed users to create a public link and choose to make it searchable.
That checkbox will disappear tomorrow.
Image: Dane Stuckey (X)
Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.

Most Popular

Most Popular
  1. All the news from Nintendo’s July 2025 Direct showcase
  2. Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same
  3. Inside the LG G5’s shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV Shootout
  4. 8BitDo’s wireless Nintendo 64 controller is now available
  5. Sharge added a rechargeable battery to its sleek retractable charger

More in OpenAI

Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-StarsWhy AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars
Microsoft is getting ready for GPT-5 with a new Copilot smart modeMicrosoft is getting ready for GPT-5 with a new Copilot smart mode
ChatGPT’s new AI study mode won’t just give you the answerChatGPT’s new AI study mode won’t just give you the answer
OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in AugustOpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August
A new study just upended AI safetyA new study just upended AI safety
OpenAI says ChatGPT users send over 2.5 billion prompts every dayOpenAI says ChatGPT users send over 2.5 billion prompts every day

Top Stories