AI incident ·
Publicly Shared Claude Artifacts Reportedly Became Discoverable Through Google Search
In brief
An AI system built by Large Language Model Developers, Chatbot Developers and 1 other and deployed by Anthropic allegedly harmed Privacy, Claude Users and 2 others.
- Risk domain
- Not classified
- Occurred
- Coverage
- 2 reports
What happened
Users reported that publicly shared Claude Artifacts (apps, documents, spreadsheets, and other files) could be found through Google Search. Reportedly, indexed artifacts containing business plans, infrastructure diagrams, clinical-trial planning materials, and other potentially sensitive content were also located. Anthropic said links became searchable only after being posted somewhere crawlable.
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News reports (2)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Anthropic
- Alleged developer
- Large Language Model Developers, Chatbot Developers, Anthropic
- Alleged harmed party
- Privacy, Claude Users, Chatbot Users, Anthropic Users
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Other incidents involving Anthropic
Source record: incident #1621 on the AI Incident Database · all 2 reports