Grok's share button published 370,000 conversations to search engines

xAI, disclosed 20 Aug 2025. Leaky AI product Data exposed Medium

Grok's share feature created public pages that search engines indexed with no warning to users. Forbes found more than 370,000 conversations searchable on Google, including medical questions, uploaded files and at least one password.

Disclosed

20 Aug 2025

Organization

xAI

Vendor

xAI

Model

Grok

Product

Grok

Kind of AI

Chatbot

AI's role

AI was the target

How it happened

Leaky AI product: Accidental publication

Harm

Data exposed

Data involved

Chat logs, Personal data

Reach

One organization

Records

370,000

Severity

Medium

Model at fault

No

Status

Reported

Sources

1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/08/20/elon-musks-xai-published-hundreds-of-thousands-of-grok-chatbot-conversations/
2. https://fortune.com/2025/08/22/xai-grok-chats-public-on-google-search-elon-musk