ANTHROPIC
Someone left the tab open
Hundreds of shared Claude conversations were found on Google and other search engines.
Some included personal details, CVs, private work information and healthcare research.
The chats appeared after users created public share links.
Claude warned that anyone with the link could view them, but did not clearly say they might also appear in search results.
More than 200 chats were reportedly found across at least 25 pages.
One even involved a user asking Claude how to become a nine-tailed fox, which is certainly one way to test an AI chatbot.
In brief:
More than 200 Claude chats were reportedly searchable.
Some included personal and private work details.
The links are no longer appearing in search results.
Public means public?!
Anthropic said users choose whether to share chats and that the links are not normally easy to find.
However, once shared, the pages can be indexed or saved like other public websites.
The chats have now been removed from search results, although some copies were saved and shared online.
Google said website owners control whether pages can be indexed. Similar issues have previously affected ChatGPT and Grok.
We didn’t expect this from you, Claude! Disappointment overload. - MV