Oops! Google Search caught publicly indexing users’ conversations with Bard AI::Gagan Ghotra observed that Google Search had begun to index shared Bard conversational links into its search results pages, potentially…

  • HeavyDogFeet
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    509 months ago

    Is anyone really surprised by this?

    • @[email protected]
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      639 months ago

      I mean, Google has a relatively good history of account security, so yes, I am surprised a little.

      Not surprised they’re mining everyone’s data, just surprised they’re exposing it.

    • @[email protected]
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      199 months ago

      From what I understood, links to the conversation that have been created for sharing them.

      • @[email protected]
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        109 months ago

        Yeah. ChatGPT does the same thing. I presume if you haven’t used the share options you’re good, but still. Big oof on Google’s part.

  • nick
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    269 months ago

    I don’t think there’s any malice here. Someone just forgot to put up a robots.txt on the bard website.

    • @Nindelofocho
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      229 months ago

      perhaps not malice but certainly negligence

  • @NeoNachtwaechter
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    -89 months ago

    This shouldn’t be an ‘oops’

    Somebody should goto jail for it.

    • DreamButt
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      29 months ago

      While I agree in principle that we need more accountability for tech companies I don’t think jail time really fits the situation. Maybe some sort of damages to those affected would make more sense