The appearance of Grok chats in search engine results was first reported by tech industry publication Forbes, which counted more than 370,000 user conversations on Google.

Whenever a Grok user clicks the “share” button on a conversation with the chatbot, it creates a unique URL that the user can use to share the conversation via email, text, or on social media. According to Forbes,

Over 300,000 Grok AI chats have been indexed by Google, exposing personal conversations. Here’s what went wrong and how xAI can fix it.