Public Claude chat logs surfaced in search results, exposing user data

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Hundreds of Claude AI conversations were publicly accessible via search engines when users shared links, exposing personal and work information; the logs appeared across pages before Anthropic blocked indexing and took steps to restrict access. The company says sharing is voluntary and that public logs can be archived, while Google notes it doesn’t control what pages are public and indexing is set by site owners.
- Some people's chats with Claude AI found publicly available online BBC
- Users’ seemingly private conversations with Anthropic’s Claude showed up in Google search results Fortune
- Your public Claude app may be searchable on Google Axios
- Shared a Claude conversation? Google may have seen it. Mashable
- PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google TechCrunch
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