Phone a Friend It turns out that former President Barack Obama had a heavy hand in crafting current President Joe Biden’s AI agenda. On Monday, Biden announced a sweeping — though resoundingly vague — executive order on AI, a much-anticipated document delineating the current administration’s top AI concerns. And as NBC reports, he phoned one very famous friend to make that order happen: Obama, who according to the network is deeply concerned about the tech and its potential impacts. Per NBC, aides for both Biden and Obama say that AI keeps both the current and former president “up at night,” and by Biden’s reported request, the current president’s one-time boss is said to have spent the last five months “quietly” meeting with White House officials, convening Zoom conferences with various top aides and speaking with leaders in the tech world. Obama “helped really set the frame of mind that companies can innovate while also being responsible,” White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients told NBC, “and that companies need to be accountable.” Do Overs It’s a notable contribution from Obama, considering his complicated tech legacy. The former president, who helmed the nation during the onset of social media and the digital world’s Web2 transformation, embraced tech in his presidential campaigns, as well as during his eight-year tenure in the Oval Office. But while some laud him as a driver of innovation who appreciated tech as a means of expediting progress, he’s also garnered wide criticism for his perceived failure to…Obama Has Secretly Been Working on AI for Biden