The “should we” is as important as the “can we”:
- Spot any AI ethical gray areas this week?
- What specific situation made you pause?
- How did you handle it?
Not necessarily this week, but we are still hesitating on using Connectors in ChatGPT to connect things like our Google Drive , Canva, HubSpot, or Notion. We have a Team account with ChatGPT, so it says OpenAI won’t use our data to train its models, but don’t have a ton of faith in that staying true.
The thing I have seen this week that did give me pause, was a lot of people writing about “private” ChatGPT conversations showing up in Google Searches. From the things I had read, it was around any chats that were shared with a link (so not actually private), they could potentially become indexed and searchable on Google.
While I don’t have a habit of sharing my ChatGPT conversations, I have shared a few, mostly with @DamienGriffin . So I went into the settings, found them and deleted the sharing just to be on the safe side.
According to this article, OpenAI has since removed the feature and is working to get the chats de-indexed.
It is just a good reminder that anything on the internet, despite any “guarantees” of privacy, is all potentially discoverable.
Yes, I still feel like we are all very much in the “figuring things out” phase too, which can definitely be both exciting and a little terrifying. But it helps to remember that most people are navigating the same uncertainties. That’s why I think it’s so important to move slowly and intentionally, read, learn, and make sure any step we take feels right and brings peace of mind, not just the pressure to move fast or grow for the sake of it.
Your note about the connectors and data privacy really resonates. Even with OpenAI’s assurances for Team accounts, I completely get the hesitation — trust in those guarantees is hard to maintain when platforms shift so quickly. That article about shared chats being indexed is a good wake-up call. It’s another reminder that even with “private” tools, we should stay cautious.
Thanks for sharing what you found. It’s a great nudge to double-check our own settings too.
In general, I am caucious. I share with AI anything… I consider OK to be published online. As a marketer, in most cases, I work with already published materials, which helps. We also have an internal system we can use, which is the only one with which I am comfortable discussing anything what is not already foundeable on company’s site 
Totally get that @VBright2025, that’s smart approach! It’s great that you have a system in place for handling sensitive info 