India, Jan. 8 -- An X user is facing heat on social media after they used ChatGPT to determine the caste of fictional characters from the Harry Potter book series and shared the results.

The user shared a screenshot from the chatbot and posted it on X, saying "I asked Chat-GPT what caste the characters from the Harry Potter series were." The image showed a list of popular characters from the series including Harry Potter, Hermoine Granger, Ron Weasley, Severus Snap, Rubeus Hagrid and Voldemort among others. The characters' chatbot assigned caste was listed against their name.

The user also shared the prompt they used to get the list, adding that the discriminatory list was based on "personality traits" with "no explanation needed".

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