Big Tech has once again proven that when it comes to your privacy, you’re on your own.
A new report confirms what many of us on the right have been warning about for years: artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, behind the slick user interface and friendly tone, are part of a broader system that treats your personal data as open season. According to Fast Company, thousands of ChatGPT conversations—many of them deeply personal and sensitive—are being indexed and displayed in Google search results. That’s right: what you thought was a private exchange with the world’s most popular AI chatbot could now be a public file, accessible to anyone who knows how to search.
Let’s be clear about what’s happening. When users hit the “Share” button in ChatGPT, a public link is generated. While some users might assume this link is only accessible to the person they send it to, it turns out these links are fully open to the public—and worse, they’re getting swept up by Google’s web crawlers. A simple Google search (“site:chatgpt.com/share”) reveals more than 4,500 shared conversations, many of them containing personal details, workplace brainstorming, even mental health disclosures. This is not theory. It’s happening.
Now, OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—doesn’t attach your name to these chats. That’s their defense. But come on. If a user includes their name, email, job title, or company in the conversation—as many naturally do—that information is exposed. A disgruntled employee? A whistleblower? A small business owner working on a product launch? All potentially compromised.
This is the exact kind of technological recklessness conservatives have been warning about for years. In Silicon Valley, the attitude is “move fast and break things.” Well, now they’ve broken your privacy, and they’re shrugging it off like it’s your fault for trusting them. The left used to scream about data privacy when it fit their political narrative—remember the hysteria over Cambridge Analytica? But now that it’s AI doing the leaking, silence.
And let’s not forget Google’s role here. Their algorithms are scooping up these links and plastering them across search results. They’ll tell you it’s just how the web works. But you and I both know if these conversations were exposing leftist talking points or Democrat donor strategies, they’d be scrubbed from the index within hours. Google doesn’t just index the internet—they curate it. Selectively.
There’s a bigger point here, and it’s this: the same people who want to put AI in every classroom, every courtroom, and every workplace want no accountability when it fails. They want you to trust AI to help diagnose your medical condition, but don’t want to be held responsible when your private health discussion winds up searchable on the internet. They want you to ask ChatGPT to help write your next business pitch, but don’t care when your proprietary ideas are exposed to your competitors.
This is what happens when technology is built without moral guardrails. The left cheers on “innovation” so long as it centralizes power and weakens individual autonomy. Conservatives, on the other hand, believe in technology that serves people—not the other way around. That means transparency, accountability, and above all, respect for your right to privacy.
The solution? First, stop assuming these tools have your best interests at heart. They don’t. If you’re going to use AI, treat it like a public forum, not a private diary. Avoid using the “Share” feature unless you fully understand what’s being made public. Better yet, use screenshots or paste the output manually if you want to preserve control.
Second, we need serious reform. Congress—now under Republican leadership—should be holding hearings, issuing subpoenas, and demanding answers from OpenAI and Google. If these companies are going to offer tools that millions rely on, they need to be held to the same standard as any other publisher or platform.
Finally, we need to keep building and supporting alternatives. The left dominates Big Tech because we let them. It’s time to fight back—not just with complaints, but with action, legislation, and innovation rooted in American values.
Because privacy isn’t a luxury. It’s a right. And we’re not giving it up without a fight.