Publicly shared dialogues between users and the Chinese AI chatbot…
Publicly shared dialogues between users and the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek appeared in Google's search results, due to users intentionally generating public links via a 'Share' feature. Experts clarified this was not a data breach but a result of misconfigured access settings or user oversight.
Consensus
- Publicly shared dialogues with DeepSeek appeared in Google's search results.
- Users can generate public links to specific dialogues using a 'Share' feature in DeepSeek.
- The sharing function includes a warning that anyone with the link can view the content.
- No private or confidential information was found in the publicly accessible dialogues by some sources.
- DeepSeek did not comment on the situation.
- Similar incidents have occurred with other chatbots like ChatGPT and Grok.
Points of divergence
- There was no real data leak; the content became public through users sharing open links, not due to a system error or misconfiguration. — riamo
- The cause of the exposure may have been an error in access permission settings by DeepSeek developers. — vm
- Russian users' queries were among those exposed, including unusual requests such as asking for a 'fun accounting game' or seeking psychological advice after eating a meal with ketchup and ice cream. — vesti
Coverage (11 sources)
- Expert Zykov Explains Why DeepSeek Dialogues Were Leaked to Google — РИАМО
- DeepSeek chats, including those in Russian by users, have been made public via a special search query — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Chatbot DeepSeek communications found in the public domain on Google — Вечерняя Москва
- Public chats with DeepSeek users appeared in Google search results — Дождь
- Public chat logs with DeepSeek appear in Google search results — Дождь (Telegram)
- User chats with DeepSeek leaked from Google — Коммерсантъ
- Russian queries for DeepSeek appeared in Google search — Вести
- Some user dialogues with Chinese chatbot DeepSeek have been made publicly available and indexed by a search engine — Varlamov News
- DeepSeek user communications are accessible via search engines — Ведомости
- DeepSeek chats, including those in Russian, have been made public via a special search query — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Requests by Russians to Chinese AI DeepSeek are surfacing in Google search. — Baza
Key entities
- DeepSeek
- TASS
- Vladimir Zykov
- Media
- U
- Commerzant
- Mobile Research Group
- Eldar Murtazin
- Federal Press
- MWS AI
- Share