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1、HS ACAN FFRDC OPERATED BY RAND UNDER CONTRACT WITH DHSHOMELAND SECURITYOPERATIONAL ANALYSIS CENTERRESEARCH REPORTDANIEL M.GERSTEINEmerging Technology and Risk AnalysisMetaverse Concerns About Crimes That Involve Targeting and Exploitation of ChildrenThis report describes the implications that the me

2、taverse could have on digital crimes that involve targeting and exploitation of children.These digital crimes are already occurring and have affected and endangered many victims and families.In a potential digital space such as the metaverse as it is envisioned by some,opportunities for criminal act

3、ivity and exploitation aimed at chil-dren could expand even more.The development of the early internet in 1969 launched a revolution that continues today and permeates all manner of human interaction.The internet,originally designed for information-sharing,has become a new domain often called the cy

4、ber domain or cyberspace and has led to new forms of human interaction in communities and across the globe.As digital capabilities mature,they facilitate new ways of learning,engaging in work and recre-ation,and living.Key artificial intelligence(AI)related technologies driving these advances involv

5、e high-performance computing,robotics,machine learning,natural language processing,generative AI,and advances in semiconductors and manufacturing.These AI technologies have provided the building blocks for the development of immersive technolo-gies that would be the foundation of the metaverse.These

6、 immersive technologies fall under the cat-egory of extended reality(XR)technology,which“is a term for technologies that enhance or replace our view of the world”and“encompasses augmented reality(AR),virtual reality(VR),and mixed reality(MR).”1 These immersive technologies are enabled by converging