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# Shared URLs and leaked chats in AI retrieval — rare but real

> David Konitzny's analysis (Jul 2026) — shared Google Docs URLs are 0.000217% of URLs in AI retrieval but do appear; Perplexity reuses a found Docs link 5–8× more consistently than other engines.

Leaked AI chats and shared document URLs do enter AI retrieval pipelines — at microscopic rates. David Konitzny analyzed the 2026 wave of indexed shared chats (Claude, DeepSeek, following ChatGPT in 2024) and traced shared URLs into retrieval ([full article](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-ai-chat-leaks-hidden-risk-shared-urls-age-david-konitzny-yrodc/), Jul 2026):

* The mechanism is old web behavior, not an AI flaw: share features generate public URLs, search engines index them — Google Docs and Dropbox links included. DuckDuckGo and Brave often keep them indexed longer than Google.
* **Shared Google Docs URLs are 0.000217% of all URLs in AI retrieval** — statistically negligible, but present. Each engine favors a file type: Google AI Overviews surfaces Documents, ChatGPT Presentations, Perplexity Spreadsheets.
* **Reuse differs sharply by engine (Jul 2026 data).** For 68.9% of affected prompts the Docs link is a one-off random hit. But **Perplexity's reuse rates are 5–8× higher** than other engines — one in eight affected Perplexity prompts reuses the same Docs URL in over half its chats (median 76.9%). Google AI Overview shows the opposite: broadest discovery, lowest stickiness (1.52%).

Takeaway: engines differ not just in what they retrieve but in how consistently they reuse discovered sources. The DeepSeek-specific indexing case: [DeepSeek shared links indexed](/research/deepseek-shared-links-indexed).

**Source:** [Beyond AI chat leaks: The hidden risk of shared URLs in the age of AI](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-ai-chat-leaks-hidden-risk-shared-urls-age-david-konitzny-yrodc/), David Konitzny, LinkedIn, Jul 2026.