Obama urges Democrats to make SI a central issue and develop a "very clear plan" of safeguards
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SI is finally becoming a campaign issue in the US: the question of how and how far to restrict it will now be decided by party platforms, not only by engineers and companies.
At a fundraiser for the Democratic Party, Barack Obama said the party needs a "very clear plan" on the economic consequences and safety of SI and a public regulatory framework for when Democrats regain control of the House of Representatives. The technology, he said, is "developing very quickly in private hands"; SI could speed up drug discovery but without oversight "could be dangerous." Obama called himself a "sounding board" that heads of SI companies turn to.
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