Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot has reportedly released the chats: The wider industry impact

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OpenAI’s experiment with a similar feature backfired

The report claims that the AI chatbot has exposed the conversations of more than 370,000 users, which are now publicly available on Google. Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot has reportedly released the chats of lakhs of users on the internet.

Sensitive information, including medical and psychological questions, business details, and at least one password, was indexed by Google Chrome and other search engines, according to a report by Forbes. The report explains that the data exposure may be linked to Grok’s “share” feature, which creates a unique, publicly accessible URL for each shared conversation. At the time, Grok’s X account stated it didn’t have such a feature, and Musk responded with a tweet saying, “Grok ftw” [for the win].

These links were published on Grok’s website and left open to search engines, apparently without users’ knowledge. After OpenAI scrapped its share feature, Musk celebrated the move.