Weaponised Intelligence - From Deepfakes To Smart Glasses: AI-Enabled Gender Violence And The Crisis Of Legal Protection For Women In India
Dimple A. Parmar, Marwadi University
ABSTRACT
Artificial Intelligence was developed by human intelligence to make life simple and efficient, but today it is also being weaponised against women. This paper explains three weapons of AI-enabled gender violence: deepfakes, voice cloning and sextortion, and smart glasses such as the Ray- Ban Meta glasses. These tools are cheap, easy to use and anonymous, and they can harm a woman without her knowledge and without anyone touching her. The paper then examines whether Indian law protects women from this harm. It finds that although Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution promise equality, dignity and privacy, the IT Act, 2000, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the IT Amendment Rules, 2026 are fragmented, focus on obscenity rather than consent, and regulate platforms rather than punish perpetrators. The paper calls these problems the Authenticity Paradox and remedial fragmentation. It compares the laws of the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United States and Australia, and suggests a way forward for India: a consent-based offence, regulation of AI tools and smart glasses, and a single authority where victims can seek help.
Keywords: Deepfakes, Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery, Voice Cloning, Sextortion, Smart Glasses, Consent, Right to Privacy.
