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Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris have publicly joined the intensifying debate over artificial intelligence regulation, each arguing that AI is too consequential to be left to companies and market forces alone. The claim, which has circulated in Korean policy and industry circles, was examined by this newspaper and aligns with the available record.
Obama has added his voice to the growing ranks of public figures calling for active government involvement in overseeing AI, while Harris has pressed the same core argument: that the government must step in. The interventions by both figures carry political weight in a debate that has so far been driven mainly by lawmakers, researchers and industry executives, and they sharpen the question of how quickly binding rules will follow. For Korean companies building out AI infrastructure and services — among them Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and Naver — the direction of the U.S. regulatory conversation is closely watched.
This newspaper verified the claim through the oEmbed API, search engine indexing and citations from three media outlets, reviewing eight primary sources in total. Across all sources, the core assertion held without contradiction: Obama and Harris have both entered the AI regulation debate on the side of government action. On the strength of that cross-checked record, the claim is judged True.
