which counted more than 370,000<\/a> user conversations on Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAmong chat transcripts seen by the BBC were examples of Musk’s chatbot being asked to create a secure password, provide meal plans for weight loss and answer detailed questions about medical conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some indexed transcripts also showed users’ attempts to test the limits on what Grok would say or do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In one example seen by the BBC, the chatbot provided detailed instructions on how to make a Class A drug in a lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is not the first time that peoples’ conversations with AI chatbots have appeared more widely than they perhaps initially realised when using “share” functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OpenAI recently rowed back an “experiment” which saw ChatGPT conversations appear in search engine results when shared by users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesperson told BBC News at the time it had been “testing ways to make it easier to share helpful conversations, while keeping users in control”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They said user chats were private by default and users had to explicitly opt-in to sharing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Privacy disaster’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
While users’ account details may be anonymised or obscured in shared chatbot transcripts, their prompts may still contain – and risk revealing – personal, sensitive information about someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Experts say this highlights mounting concerns over users’ privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAI chatbots are a privacy disaster in progress,\u201d Prof Luc Rocher, associate professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, told the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They said “leaked conversations” from chatbots have divulged user information ranging from full names and location, to sensitive details about their mental health, business operations or relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Once leaked online, these conversations will stay there forever,” they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile Carissa Veliz, associate professor in philosophy at Oxford University’s Institute for Ethics in AI, said users not being told shared chats would appear in search results is “problematic”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our technology doesn’t even tell us what it’s doing with our data, and that’s a problem,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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