The ChatGPT sharing dialog demonstrates how difficult it is to design privacy preferences

ChatGPT removed its "make this chat discoverable" sharing feature after it caused users to inadvertently make private chats public via Google search. This incident highlights the profound difficulty of designing clear privacy preferences for a wide user base with varying technical literacy. Many users do not read dialogs carefully or understand the complex implications of concepts like search engine indexing. The value of such a niche feature was massively outweighed by the potential for users to accidentally share sensitive information, a problem also seen in Meta AI's chat application.