Archive · 19 Jan 2026
UPSC Educator Claims ChatGPT Favours Upper-Caste
A teacher named Vijender Singh Chauhan, who helps people prepare for a big government exam called UPSC, said that ChatGPT, a computer program that answers questions, is unfair.
He thinks it gives better answers to people from higher castes because the people who taught it to answer questions are mostly from those castes.
Many people on the internet made fun of his idea, saying it's silly to think a computer program can be biased like that.
Some people even joked about the founder of ChatGPT being from a high caste in India.
The teacher later said that his statement was based on studies about how computers can be biased.
Some people are worried that this kind of talk is dividing people and causing hate.
Vijender Singh Chauhan, a UPSC educator, claimed ChatGPT is biased towards upper castes due to its training data.
He argued that the AI tool's foundation is flawed because it is trained by individuals predominantly from upper castes.
Netizens criticized his remarks, with some calling them ridiculous and others questioning the introduction of caste angles into AI.
Chauhan's comments were compared to similar controversial statements made by other UPSC coaching faculty members.
The incident highlights a trend of denigrating upper castes and exploiting caste politics for personal or political gain.
- Who
- Vijender Singh Chauhan, an Associate Professor at Delhi University and UPSC educator
- What
- Claimed that ChatGPT is biased towards upper castes due to the individuals who trained it
- When
- During a book launch in 2026
- Where
- At an event, likely in Delhi
- Why
- Alleged that the AI tool's training data favors upper castes and people in power
- Person
- Vijender Singh Chauhan
- Role
- Associate Professor at Delhi University
- Organization
- Drishti IAS
- Event
- Book launch
- AI Tool
- ChatGPT
- Accusation
- Bias towards upper castes
- Year
- 2026