20-Year-Old Raj Gomani Is Using Claude to Map Women’s Safety Most people use AI to make memes, edit selfies, or even write essays. 20-year-old Instagram creator Raj Gomani (alias retardraj) has a different idea of what it’s for. A third-year B.Tech Computer Science student originally from Mumbai, Raj builds AI projects aimed at real social problems. His Instagram videos on them have gone viral. Raj’s most talked-about project uses AI and Claude to map areas in Delhi that are prone to crimes against women. The idea, he says came from empathy. "Thinking about the women in my life, I imagined what it means to be stared at, to feel unsafe, and to double-check every route before stepping out," he said. He wanted authorities to be able to put their resources where they’re needed most. For his research, government data alone wasn’t enough. Alongside NCRB’s street-level crime records, Raj pulled together Reddit discussions, news reports, satellite imagery to assess street lighting and the locations of nearby police stations. The result is a layered picture of which streets and neighborhoods carry the most risk. He identifies that places like Seelampur, Dilshad Garden, Anand Vihar and Seemapuri in the national capital remain hotspots for crimes against women. The project first took shape in Mumbai, and Raj says the video caught the attention of Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who invited him to present it to her and senior IAS officers. He says she committed to implementing it in the near future, though he notes that hasn’t begun yet. Raj’s second viral project came during the recent protests at Jantar Mantar. As clips circulated showing police officers using force against protesters, including women and children, many of the officers wore no name tags. Raj tapped into the facial recognition tools to help identify them, arguing that accountability should apply equally to civilians and to those in uniform. He demonstrated the tool on a single viral video. Hundreds of people he says, then messaged him with their own footage. Raj says he handled those requests discreetly, sharing results privately with the people who sent them rather than posting them publicly. Revealing to Times Now Digital, Raj said his next project is about the drug supply routes between Pakistan and Punjab. He plans to use Claude to analyse seizure hotspots, supply leaks, consumption rates, and medical data to understand how drugs move and where they do the most harm. At 20, Raj is showing that AI can be pointed at problems that affect people’s daily lives. As he puts it, it can do more than entertain. Sriram Ganesh is a Senior Copy Editor with nearly four years of experience in television news media. Having previously worked as a reporter and desk w... View More